In Victorian Britain, an overwhelmingly popular place of entertainment was the music hall. Shows were full of songs of all kinds, in which the audience was to join in the chorus. Between 1900 and 1910, however, music halls a dramatic change in character and their emphasis on eating, drinking and singing to variety shows, where families went to see, among other acts, great like Roman chariot races, or diving contests.
Although temporarily by the 1914-18 war, the music halls were to their popularity for many years after this. However, the advent of radio to be increasingly detrimental to live entertainment and a further was dealt with the arrival of the cinema.