Victorian England was an age of stuffy complacency, remembered partly for its crinolines and Hansom cabs, satanic mills and streets with gas lamps and knocker uppers, and for the birth of a peculiarly English institution - the music hall -often referred to as the 'good old days'. In Great Britain variety was originally known as music hall, especially during the early-to-mid-Victorian era, though the two terms are often used interchangeably. Music hall was a product of the Victorian era. Fundamentally the variety theatres emerged from music hall and were prevalent in seaside resorts, towns and cities during the first half of the 20th century, with British steam-hauled trains conveying the famous and not so famous stars to the music hall.
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