OLDEST MUSIC HALL
♦ BARNARD'S THEATRE DESTROYED BY FIRE. LONDON, May 19. (Received May 20, at 8 p.m.) The world's oldest music hall, Barnard's Theatre, High street, Chatham, where Charlie Chaplin first practised his famous walk, and other famous comedians first appeared, was completely destroyed by fire. In the early days the proprietors gave three hours of good entertainment for one penny.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22267, 21 May 1934, Page 7
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61OLDEST MUSIC HALL Otago Daily Times, Issue 22267, 21 May 1934, Page 7
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