1. What period/country did music halls originate in?<br />Music Halls are found in a number of institutions which provided entertainment in the populous towns and cities in new style salon bars of Britain in the 1830s<br />Name 3 well known music halls and how they might be set up?<br />- The first true music hall was the Canterbury, 143 Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth built by Charles Morton<br />- The Middlesex, Drury Lane (1851). Popularly known as the 'Old Mo', it was built on the site of the Mogul Saloon. It was later rebuilt into a theatre ,that was later demolished and now The New London Theatre stands on its site.<br />- Another music hall was the Royal Cambridge Music Hall, 136 Commercial Street (1864–1936). Designed by William Finch Hill, it was rebuilt after a fire in 1989<br />What was the purpose of the music hall?<br />Music Hall brought together a variety of different acts which together formed an evening of light hearted entertainment.<br />What types of entertainment were there?<br />- Cycling acts, which was part of Circus act<br />- Dance act and a juggling act, usually performed by male dancer who would throw a slim, pretty young girl around<br />- Magic acts and escapologists<br />- Ventriloquists<br />- Drag artists which were Female entertainers dressed as men and were quite the favorite type of performance that people would come and watch.<br />Describe the audience and the atmosphere of a music hall?<br />Atmosphere in music halls were always lively as it was a place to socialize between the wealthier people.<br />What caused the decline if music halls?<br />Things like the development of cinema’s, the radio, and the cheapening of things like the gramophone lowered the popularity of music halls greatly. It now had to compete with Jazz, Swing and Big Band dance music.<br />How do music halls compare to Greek theatre and ballad opera?<br />Most music halls were used for some performances and practices. It wasn’t only for rich people, however in Greek Theatre and Ballad opera it was more for the affluent audience as they would not mind paying for any type of entertainment/Also the purpose of music halls were for a variety of performance but Greek theatres and ballad opera focused on plays with different scenarios to show feeling by singing and dancing to spoken dialogue.<br />