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Maurice Willson Disher (1893–1969)

Author of Fairs, circuses and music halls (Britain in pictures)

10 Works 42 Members 1 Review

About the Author

Includes the names: M. Wilson Disher, M. Willson Disher

Works by Maurice Willson Disher

Fairs, circuses and music halls (Britain in pictures) (1942) 12 copies

The Last Romantic: The Authorised Biography of Sir John Martin-Harvey (1948) 7 copies

Blood and Thunder (1974) 5 copies

Greatest show on earth, as performed for over a century at Astley's (afterwards Sanger's) royal amphitheatre of arts,… 4 copies

Victorian song : from dive to drawing room (1955) 3 copies

Pleasures of London (1950) 3 copies

Melodrama. Plots That Thrilled (1954) 3 copies

Clowns & pantomimes (1968) 2 copies

Music Hall Parade With Illustrations from Photographs, Programmes, Prints, Song Covers, Song Books, Bills and Posters,… (1938) 2 copies

Mad genius: A biography of Edmund Kean, with particular reference to the women who made and unmade him (1950) 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Disher, Maurice Willson
Birthdate: 1893-01-10
Date of death: 1969-11-24
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Occupations: drama critic
Short biography: Distant connection of Richmal (just william) Crompton: his brother Tom married R's sister Gwen.

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Music Hall Parade by M. Willson Disher

Good illustrations on a lavish scale, but the text tends to wander about.

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EricCostello | Jul 15, 2017 |

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Statistics

Works: 10
Members: 42
Popularity: #357,757
Rating: ½ 2.7

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 1

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