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Adventures of a Victorian actor

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Helen Batten shares stories from her new biography of Victorian singer, stage performer and entrepreneur Emily Soldene, from a career in London’s rowdy music halls to adventures abroad and the bright lights of 19th-century Broadway.   (Ad) Helen Batten is the author of The Improbable Adventures of Emily Soldene: Actress, Writer and Victorian Rebel (Allison & Busby, 2021). Buy it now from Waterstones: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-hexpod&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fthe-improbable-adventures-of-miss-emily-soldene%2Fhelen-batten%2F%2F9780749026578   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.7

Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming.

0:32.5

I, uh, so Benny has really blossomed this term.

0:35.8

You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay.

0:39.7

Oh, that's not quite what I meant.

0:41.2

It's free to sell on there?

0:42.5

Free to sell.

0:43.6

Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket.

0:47.0

You sold my guitar?

0:50.1

Shall we talk about Benny?

0:52.2

When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say when it's eBay.

0:56.9

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1:10.7

Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine, Britain's best-selling history magazine.

1:21.2

I'm Ellie Cawthorne.

1:27.3

From London's rowdy music halls to the bright lights of 19th century Broadway,

1:33.1

the singer and performer Emily Saldine rocked the Victorian stage. Behind the scenes, she led an

1:39.1

equally extravagant life, mingling with the best and brightest of 19th century society. But as Helen Batten,

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