HELP!JOHN WILTON NEEDS YOUR

HOW TO PLAY

HE NEEDS TO FIND SOME MUSIC HALL PERFORMERS

for his show tonight, but he doesn’t know who to book. CAN YOU HELP HIM DECIDE?

EACH CHARACTER HAS A SET OF REQUIREMENTS WHICH WILL HELP YOU CHOOSE WHO THE BEST MUSIC HALL ACT IS

TO APPEAR ON STAGE AT WILTON’S.

Shuffl e the cards and hand the cards out to each player

The player on the dealer’s left hand side starts by reading out a category of their choice (e.g. tenacity/daring value 4) the other players read out the same category on their own cards

The person with the biggest number wins all the cards – place them at the back of your won pile. It is then their turn to choose the category

If two or more cards have the same number, they are then placed in the middle. Choose another category and whoever wins that round, takes the cards from the middle pile

The winner is the player with all of the cards at the end of the game

STAGE NAME: Madame Senyah

REAL NAME: Mrs Haynes

YEARS THEY PERFORMED: 1860s

BIRTH AND DEATH: unknown

STAGE NAME: Champagne Charlie

REAL NAME: George Leybourne

YEARS THEY PERFORMED: 1864-1884

BIRTH AND DEATH: 17 March 1842 – 15 September 1884

Madame Senyah was a gymnast, the ‘original and only legitimate female gymnast

in the world’. She was a double act with her husband Monsieur Senayh but the crowds adored the daring feats of Madame Senyah. Her signature trick was a trapeze fl ight from the front of the gallery to the stage.

George Leybourne was a comedian and singer.

He is always referred to as “Champagne Charlie” after the title of one of his songs. He was one of the most successful Music Hall stars and paid £120 a week. Even today he is still thought of as one of the most well-known Music Hall performers.

Annie Adams was one of the very fi rst female Music

Hall performers, often billed as ‘The Queen of serio-comic vocalists.’ She sang opera, ballads and traditional Music Hall songs. It was said that her voice was so strong that glasses would tremble. By 1871 Annie had become a huge success and set off on a tour of America.

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STAGE NAME: Little Titch

REAL NAME: Harry Relph

YEARS THEY PERFORMED: 1864-1884

BIRTH AND DEATH: 21 July 1867 – 10 February 1928

LITTLE TICH, WAS A 4 FOOT 6 inch (137 cm) tall Music

Hall comedian and dancer. He was famous for his acrobatic and comedic ‘Big-Boot Dance’, which he performed in Europe and for which he wore boots with soles 28 inches (71 cm) long. Aside from his Music Hall appearances, he was also a popular performer in Christmas pantomimes.

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STAGE NAME: Miss Annie Adams

REAL NAME: Annie Adams

YEARS THEY PERFORMED: 1862-1881

BIRTH AND DEATH: 16 November 1843 – 12 May 1905

CHAMPAGNE

STAGE NAME: Jenny Hill

REAL NAME: Elizabeth Jane Thompson

YEARS THEY PERFORMED: 1860 – June 28, 1896

BIRTH AND DEATH: 30 March 1848 – 24 September 1896

STAGE NAME: Sam Collins

REAL NAME: Samuel Thomas Vagg

YEARS THEY PERFORMED: 1850s – 1860s

BIRTH AND DEATH: 22 March 1825 – 25 May 1865

Jenny Hill was the leading Music Hall performer

in the Victorian era. She was a singer. She was also known as “The Vital Spark” and “the Queen of the Halls”. Her vast repertoire of songs included “’Arry”, (in which she would dress as a man) and “The Boy I Love Is Up In The Gallery”.

Sam Collins was one of the most popular Music Hall

singers in his day, performing in various concert rooms, supper halls and large Music Halls. He performed Irish comedic songs and portrayed Irish characters on stage. Towards the end of his life, he bought a pub and converted it into his own Music Hall called ‘Collins’ Music Hall.’

Arthur Lloyd was a popular and immensely success-

ful song writer, composer, play-wright, comedian and Music Hall performer. He wrote over 1000 songs during his career and 200 still survive today, including the well-known song ‘Not for Joseph’ (1868).

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STAGE NAME: John Wilton

REAL NAME: John Wilton

YEARS HE WORKED AT WILTON’S MUSIC HALL: 1850 – 1868

BIRTH AND DEATH: 19 November 1820 – 25 August 1881

John Wilton was the owner and manager of Wilton’s

Music Hall. He built two Music Halls in the back gardens of 4 houses in Graces Alley. The 1858 version is the one that still exists today. The Music Hall was built and fi tted out for £20,000 and it was the fi nest Music Hall in its day.

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STAGE NAME: arthur lloyd

REAL NAME: arthur lloyd

YEARS THEY PERFORMED: 1861

BIRTH AND DEATH: May 14th 1839 – 1904

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