Performing pigs, magic tricks, hypnotism, circus arts, pantomime and other popular forms of entertainment during the Victorian era are the focus of a new exhibition on view at the British Library ...

A museum is seeking musicians to revive Victorian ballads from the golden age of music halls, some of which have not been ...

Green-Wood Cemetery’s 10th annual extravaganza, “A Night at Niblo’s Garden,” transformed one of the cemetery’s most ...

The British Library exhibits selections from its archive on Victorian entertainment, all collected by the 19th-century magician Evanion. by Allison Meier November 17, 2016 November 17, 2016.

There is another story about Victorian entertainment that lies behind these jolly posters and harmless pantomimes, one which I would argue is as important for understanding modern British culture: ...

At some point between 1869 and 1879, the site is believed to have been cleared to make way for a new, grander home — that would be our two-story Victorian — for a Dr. Duroc, a French physician ...

The Minnesota Historical Society really knows how to celebrate Halloween. TheyâÄôll be sponsoring dramatic readings of 19th-century Victorian ghost stories at the James J. Hill house in St. Paul, the ...

Ben Wilson's book "The Making of Victorian Values" explores how English culture changed from a boisterous, popular scene of lusty exuberance to the staid, uptight moralism that we associate with ...

There Will Be Fun! proclaims the tag line of the British Library’s latest exhibition, a show exploring the spectacle and sheer pleasure of Victorian entertainment through vibrant playbills and posters ...