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Gaslight Music Hall

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Australia
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This is a live variety show that makes fun of Victorian music hall performances. It has comedy sketches and musical numbers performed by a cast in Sydney.

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What happens

Gaslight Music Hall is an Australian television series which aired from 1959 to 1960. Originally aired on ABC Television, it later moved to TCN-9. Produced in Sydney, it was a live variety show spoofing Victorian music hall. Cast included Henry Gilbert, John Bluthal, June Salter, and Michael Cole. According to a section of TV Merry-Go-Round in the 27 September 1959 edition of Sydney Morning Herald, the first episode included a comedy sketch spoofing melodrama. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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