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Radio 3,1 min

SeriesCurated by Mark Ravenhill

'The involvement was on a Musical Hall level'. Archivist Murray Melvin on The Octoroon's audience in 1885.

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Theatre Archivist Murray Melvin on how much more vocal audiences were in the 1880s.

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