Edwardian musical comedyEdwardian musical comedy was a form of British musical theatre that extended beyond the reign of King Edward VII in both directions, beginning in the early 1890s, when the Gilbert and Sullivan operas' dominance had ended, until the rise of the American musicals by Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hart, George Gershwin and Cole Porter following the First World War. Between In Town in 1892 and The Maid of the Mountains, premiering in 1917, this new style of musical theatre became dominant on the musical stage in Britain and the rest of the English-speaking world.
StepneyStepney is a district in the East End of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The district is no longer officially defined, and is usually used to refer to a relatively small area. However, for much of its history the place name applied to a much larger manor and parish. Stepney Green is a remnant of a larger area of Common Land formerly known as Mile End Green. The area was built up rapidly in the 19th century, mainly to accommodate immigrant workers and displaced London poor, and developed a reputation for poverty, overcrowding, violence and political dissent.
HumoristeUn humoriste est un auteur dont la production intellectuelle, écrite ou visuelle, contient et manifeste de l'humour, c'est-à-dire une certaine forme d'esprit, à la fois joyeux et satirique, caractérisée par un aspect vivace et piquant, voire sombre. Parmi les humoristes on trouve : des écrivains, des auteurs de théâtre, des journalistes, des chansonniers, des dessinateurs, des caricaturistes, des auteurs de cinéma et des artistes du spectacle.
