Talk:Canterbury Music Hall

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Did you know... that Canterbury Music Hall, which opened in 1852, was the first purpose-built tavern music hall?

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Several names are mentioned in the infobox but not in the article. If the name is not important enought to mention in the article, I suggest taking it out of the box. -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:55, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nice job putting the article together so quickly. The article could use more analysis of the place of the hall in music hall history. The LEAD section hints at it, but then the article doesn't discuss it much. Did its setup - Chairman; waiters, etc. establish a model that was copied? BTW, what is on the site now? -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:59, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is incorrect to say that the first (1852) Canterbury Hall was the first purpose built tavern music hall in London. Preece's Grapes Tavern (later Winchester) music hall, for one, preceded Morton's hall by six years. What was remarkable about Morton's Canterbury was that he had the daring to bring the finest vocal talent (including e.g. Sam Cowell from Evans's and Vauxhall to his hall in a narrow street in Lambeth. The venture was so successful that he was able to built a vastly enlarged hall in 1854 and that was the first of its kind and set the pattern for both the giant music halls built behind London pubs in the 1850s and 60s and their ambitious entertainments. In answer to Ssilver's question, the pattern of patrons seated at tables and served by waiters, was well established in the larger singing rooms by the 1840s. The chairman's table was usually (not quite always) in front of the stage. See Earl and Stanton 'Canterbury Hall and Theatre of Varieties', Chadwyck-Healey, Cambridge 1982. [johnearl 17 March 2011] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnearl (talk • contribs) 12:22, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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