Dyan Colclough 
Child Labor in the British Victorian Entertainment Industry 
1875–1914

Child labor greatly contributed to the cultural and economic success of the British Victorian theatrical industry. This book highlights the complexities of the battle for child labor laws, the arguments for the needs of the theatre industry, and the weight of opposition that confronted any attempt to control employers.

Table of Content

Introduction

1. Raw Material, Labor and the Finished Product  – the theatrical child as employee.

2. Laboring Fairies: The Theatrical Child as a Family

3. The Performing Child and its Audience

4. Performing Their Duty: Child savers and the theatrical child

5. Protective legislation and the theatrical child

Conclusion

About the author

Dyan Colclough is Associate Lecturer in the Department of History, Politics, and Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.