Bibliography
See also: Recommended Books
The research for this site has been a journey of discovery through a multitude of different sources including Theatres, Theatre Archives, Museums, Libraries, University Archives, Cemeteries, Books, Programmes, Song Sheets, Magazines, Postcards, The Internet, and of course many hundreds of interested and knowledgeable People from all over the world. You will find references to these sources of information all over the site beneath particular images and articles but below, in no particular order, is a list of the many publications which are all in my own possession and that have been of great help to me in the creation of this site:
London Theatres And Music Halls 1850 - 1950 - Diana Howard - 1970
The Oxford Companion To The Theatre - Phyllis Hartnoll - 1951 / 1962 / 1983 Editions
The Theatres Trust Guide To British Theatres 1750 to 1950 - John Earl & Michael Sell - 2000
The Face Of London - Harold P. Clunn - 1957
British Music Hall, A Story In Pictures - Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson - 1965
British Music Hall, A Story In Pictures - Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson - 1974
Pantomime, A Story in Pictures - Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson - 1973
The Wagner Companion - Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson - 1977
Revue, A Story In Pictures - Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson - 1971
Musical Comedy, A Story In Pictures - Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson - 1969
The Gay Twenties, A Decade Of The Theatre - J. C. Trewin with Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson - 1958
The Theatres Of London - Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson - 1975
The Lost Theatres Of London - Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson - 1968
The Lost Theatres Of London - Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson - 1976
(The books above by Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson's are all fantastically detailed and beautifully illustrated, and I'm very pleased to say that my particular copies are signed by the authors and dedicated to Mary Quinnell who was responsible for transcribing their original manuscripts.)
The Lost Theatres Of Dublin - Philip B Ryan - 1998
Coventry's Forgotten Theatre, The Theatre Royal & Empire - Ted Bottle - 2004
A Candid View of Maskelyne's 1916-17 by Anne Davenport and John Salisse 1995
The Pillars Of Drury Lane - W. Macqueen Pope - 1955
Ghosts And Greasepaint - W. Macqueen Pope - 1951
Theatre Royal Drury Lane - W. Macqueen Pope - 1945
Gaiety Chronicles - John Hollingshead - 1898
Thames Triumphant - Sydney R. Jones - 1943
London Triumphant - Sydney R. Jones - 1941
They Were Singing - Christopher Pulling - 1952
The Great Exhibition 1851 - Yvonne Ffrench - No Publication Date Printed
Mr Phipps' Theatre - The Sensational Story of Eastbourne's Royal Hippodrome - Mark Jones & John Pick - 2006
Old And New London Volumes 1 to 6 - Edward Walford, M.A. - 1897
Greater London Volumes 1 and 2 - Edward Walford, M.A. - 1897
Popular Music In England 1840 to 1914 - Dave Russel - 1997
The Scottish Music Hall 1880 to 1990 - J. H. Littlejohn - 1990
Mayhew's London - Henry Mayhew, Edited by Peter Quennell - 1951
The Lyceum - A. E. Wilson - 1952
Scotland And The Music Hall 1850 to 1914 - Paul Maloney - 2003
The Microcosm Of London - T. Rowlandson & A. C. Pugin, John Summerson - 1943
News Of The World Almanac And Household Guide 1951 - Various Authors - 1951
The Covent Garden Guide - Douglas Gardner - 1980
The History Of The London Pavilion - Penny Olsen - 1988
London, A City Of Many Dreams - Benny Green - 1982
Britain, This Beautiful Land - Philip Clucas - 1987
London' Theatres - Mike Kilburn & Alberto Arzoz - 2002
The British Century - Brian Moynahan - 1997
Fun Without Vulgarity, Victorian Edwardian Popular Entertainment Posters - Catherine Haill - 1996
Encyclopedia Britannica - 11th Edition, 29 Volumes - 1910 to 1911
Entertainment In Birmingham - John Marks - 2000
Birmingham's Lost Landmarks - John Marks - 1995
Theatre Noebook - The Society For Theatre Research Volume 85 Number 2 - 2004
Leeds Theatres Remembered - Robert E. Preedy - 1981
Glossary Of Terms Used In Variety, Vaudeville, Revue & Pantomime 1880 to 1960 - Valantyne Napier - 1996
Glasgow Vitoriana - Thomas Annan & James McCarroll - No Publication Date Printed
Old Leith - Guthrie Hutton - - No Publication Date Printed
Scottish Showbusiness, Music Hall, Variety and Pantomime - Frank Bruce - 2000
Theatre Review 73 - Eric Johns - 1973
Kursaal Memories - Ken Crowe - 2003
When The World Was Young, Lost Empires - Graham Nown - 1986
The Liverpool Stage - Harold Ackroyd - 1996
Scene / Unseen: London's West End Theatres - Susie Barson, Derek Kendall, Peter Longman & Joanna Smith - 2003
South Of Commercial Road, A Photographic Record 1934 to 1997 - Ray Newton, Steve Kentfield, Tom Newton, John Tarby - 2001
Birmingham Theatres, Concert & Music Halls 1740 to 1988 - Victor J. Price - 1988
John Wilton's Music Hall - Peter Honri - 1985
Islington Entertained - Bill Manley - 1990
A Riverside Journey In Picture Postcards Volume 1, 1900 to 1930 - Steve Kentfield & Ray Newton - 1990
Glasgow Since 1900 - Paul Harris - 1989
London Before The Blitz 1906 to 1940 - Graham Norton - 1970
Empire Of The Song, Victorian Songs & Music - Olivia Bailey - 2002
The AA Book Of British Towns - Philip Llewellin & Ann Saunders - 1979
The AA Illustrated Guide To Britain - Various Authors - 1983
The Saturday Magazine, Volume The Fourteenth, January To June - 1839
Times Gone By, A Photographic Record Of Great Britain 1856 to 1956 - John Gaisford Editor - 1982
Country Life Picture Book Of London - 1951
The Bristol Old Vic, The first ten years' by Audrey Williamson & Charles Landstone 1957.
A Theatre for Everybody, the story of the Old Vic & Sadler's Wells' by Edward J. Dent, 1945.
Brentford Past by Gillian Clegg 2002.
The Lost Theatres of Sheffield by Bryan D Hillerby 1999.
British Theatres and Music Halls by John Earl 2005.
Full Circle - The Story of Worthing's Connaught Theatre by John Willmer 1999.
Backstage Brighton, Queenspark Books 2010.
The Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond, North Yorkshire
The London Encyclopaedia, Ben Weinreb, Christopher Hibbert, 3rd Edition
The Story of Soho: The Windmill Years 1932-1964, Mike Hutton
Revudeville, A souvenir of the Windmill Theatre Compiled by Jill Millard Shapiro, 2014.
Britain Had Talent A History of Variety Theatre by Oliver Double
After the Pictures, on Liverpool's Cinemas, by Keith G Rose.
London Overlooked by Geoffrey S. Fletcher, 1964.
West End in Watercolour by John Higgins, 2018.
The Illustrated London News - Various Editions and Volumes
Black & White Budget Magazine - Several Volumes - 1901
Punch Magazine - Various Volumes and Dates
Picture Post - Various Volumes and Dates
What's On In London - Various Editions
The Playgoer And Society Illustrated - Various Editions