Lambeth Heritage Festival 2020

International Music Hall

Wednesday 30 September | 7pm

man in Chinese dress
William Ellsworth Robinson (April 2, 1861 – March 24, 1918) was an American who posed as a Chinese magician

For the final event in Music Hall Wednesdays, a panel will discuss how music hall linked Brixton to the world and how performance names and personas disguised true identities.

With Alison Young (British Music Hall Society); Steve Martin, (Brixton-based historian and author specialising in Black British history); Amy Matthewson, (Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London).

Hosted by the Brixton Music Hall project.

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