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Above - The City Hall, Glasgow, which was built in 1840 as a market and Concert Hall. - Photo M.L.
Right - Poster for Arthur Lloyd's 'Two Hours Fun' at the City Hall Glasgow - Click to enlarge. The poster right is one of a large collection of original Lloyd Posters collected since the mid 1800s by members of the family and found recently after being lost for 50 years. To see all these posters click the Poster Index here... Left - The City Hall, Glasgow - Photo M.L.
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Above - The City Hall, Glasgow, which was built in 1840 as a market and Concert Hall. - Photo M.L. |
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Above - Notice from the ERA Almanack Advertiser 1871 about the 'Comic Concert' pioneered by Arthur Lloyd and held at the City Hall, Glasgow - Courtesy Peter Charlton - Click to see details of this concert. Mr. Arthur Lloyd was the first man who ever gave a "Comic Concert." - The Company on that occasion included Mr. W. Lingard, Mr. Harry Clifton, and Mr. Lloyd, of the Theatre Royal, Glasgow (Father of Mr. Arthur Lloyd). The Concert took place at the City Hall, Glasgow, about six years ago, before an audience of nearly four thousand persons; and the receipts were over two hundred pounds, the prices being 2s, 1s, and 6d. After that others followed in the same style, till now a "Comic Concert" is as common as it was then novel. Mr. Arthur Lloyd has appeared twice by command before H.R.H. the Prince of Wales and suite, H.R.H. being pleased to compliment Mr. A. Lloyd on his gentlemanly style of performance. Mr. A. Lloyd makes tours of England, Ireland, and Scotland every year, with his Entertainment, entitled "Two Hours' Genuine Fun," with Arthur Lloyd and his Comic Company. |
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Above - Mr. Arthur Lloyd in Glasgow - Glasgow News, September 29, 1878. - Courtesy Jennifer Carnell. "Popular Concerts. - A little nonsense, according to the old adage, is relished by the wisest people, and if Washington Irving may be believed, there is no social companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and the laughter abundant. It is generally considered that nonsense ought to be administered sparingly, by infinitesimal doses, as it were; but the audience at the City Hall on Saturday evening showed that larger proportions did not altogether disagree with the public digestion. They were promised 'two hours genuine fun,' and they got them; for Mr.Arthur Lloyd, the versatile son of our veteran comedian, was there in great force, accompanied by a party whose native drollery was calculated to set any table in a roar. The effect of the performance was not wholly what Goldsmith described as 'the loud laugh that speaks the vacant mind.' It was rather that happy ebullition of merriment which braces the vital power, enlivens the spirits, and makes a man better disposed towards his fellows than he was before. A healthy exuberance of animal spirits was apparent all through, and the outward mirth afforded indubitable evidence of inward satisfaction. We are free to confess that the members of Mr. Arthur Lloyd's party are about the funniest people we have seen for a long time, and that their sallies of humour were met by those frank manifestations of delight so unmistakably dear to every public performer." - Glasgow News, September 29, 1878. |
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- Blue Plaque on the right column surrounding the entrance to the City
Hall, Glasgow which reads: 'Merchant City Trail - City Halls - Victorian
Market Halls and Concert Hall 1840 - 1885.' - Photo M.L.
