A compilation of pantomime-related reviews and anecdotes published in 'The Era' and other English newspapers between 1806 and 1904, covering the period between the heyday of clown Joseph Grimaldi and music hall star Dan Leno's last appearance as a pantomime Dame in 1904.

The second volume in a series of extracts from The Era, Crocodiles in the Green Room covers the years between 1900 and 1910 in which traditional theatre and music hall entertainment was faced with a new rival - the early cinema.

This is the third volume of extracts from the British theatrical newspaper "The Era", regarded as the "bible" of the theatrical and music hall world. Dealing with the years 1870 to 1880, it chronicles the hilarious, bizarre and occasionally tragic aspects of life on and off the stage. W.S. Gilbert is driven to distraction by an organ grinder, music halls are taken to task for promoting smutty songs, scene-stealing animals delight audiences and exasperate actors, a theatrical reporter is be...

Amusing and bizarre snippets of British theatrical history between the years 1880 and 1890. Actors have their feet poisoned by coloured tights and are fined for vandalizing Warwick Castle; actresses have violent rows in an oyster shop and accidentally glue their lips together; Wiliam McGonagall is the victim of a cruel practical joke...and much, much more.