Entertainment+in+the+19th+Century

﻿Entertainment in the 19th Century

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Music was very popular in the 1800’s. Beethoven was very popular in the 1800’s. Beethoven was baptized on December 17, 1770 and died on March 26, 1827 was a [|German] [|compos][|er] and [|pianist]. He is considered to have been the most crucial figure in the transitional period between the [|Classical] and [|Romantic] eras in [|Western classical music], and remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time. His hearing began to [|deteriorate] in the late 1790s, yet he continued to compose, [|conduct], and perform, even after becoming [|comp][|letely][|deaf]. Many people listened to recorded players, to be able to listen to music. Record players came in all different sizes. People would listen to the recorded players almost every morning. It was an easy way to have fun around the house while doing chores. =====

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Art was another way to have entertainment. Many of the art pictures were based on [|Roman art], to the Romantic Movement, which encouraged emotional art and ended around 1850. Art was also very classical and religious. People liked to decorate their homes in pictures to make it fancier. =====

__**Movies:**__ Around 1929 the State Theater was opened. In 1967 it was remodeled to upgrade some of the utilities. The State Theater could seat around 600 people altogether. Buying tickets to get into the State Theater was outside. That was the only way to buy tickets, and to get into the movie or play. Walking through the doors of the theater is the concession stands and then the doors that lead to the stage. On stage there was a down stairs that would lead into the dressing room and the orchestra pit. Down stairs, there is also the coal pit, to the left of the dressing rooms. Straight across from the stage is the balcony. The balcony is the overview of the whole theater. Back in 1929 the Hispanics and the African Americans would sit up in the balcony. Upstairs by the balcony is the production. In the production room, the workers controlled the lighting and the movies. In 1999 the State Theater closed because Dickinson decided to build a new theater, named "Sequoyah 8 Theater". The last movie played at the State Theater was "Might Joe Young" Today in the 21st century the [|Garden City Recreation Commission] owns the State Theater. The Garden City Recreation Commission is trying to restore the State Theater. It would cost around $650,000 to make it useable. Garden City has offered to pay $250, the Garden City Recreation has offered to pay $100,000 and then get donations from people.

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In the early 1800s, theatre attendance lessened, owing partly to economic decline and poor standards of acting and production. Patronage by the middle classes also fell as a result of theatre’s increasingly bad reputation and raucous nature. Consequently many closed or were converted to other uses. In 1843, the Theatres Act removed the patent monopoly and allowed other theatres to present drama, with censorship still controlled by the Lord Chamberlain. This encouraged the building of new theatres, invariably by speculators seeking profit. Yet, the same legislation enabled magistrates to grant public houses licenses to offer a variety of entertainment, licenses which led to the creation of a new form of popular theatrical entertainment known as music hall. Very soon, concert or supper rooms were built onto public houses which could sell alcohol and serve meals during their musical productions. .


 * __Activity!!__**
 * 1. In 1843, what act allowed women to preform in plays?**
 * 2. Who was a major entertainer in music?**
 * 3. How did people listen to music at home?**
 * 4. What was the last movie played at the State Theater?**
 * 5. When did the State Theater close? And why did it close?**