" The Boy I Love is Up in the Gallery - and I can't even get a seat in the crowd" In the true spirit of all comedy, which is based on tragedy, Nelly Power, one of the biggest stars of her generation tells the story of her career with amusing anecdotes and a wry sense of humour. "Marie Lloyd Stole My Life" is a funny and also poignant real-life tale of female empowerment in a patriarchal society. Whilst the suffragists are politely protesting outside her place of work, Nelly is on stage using Music Halls own brand of subversity to mock the male establishment. And offstage she is building a property portfolio and a small fortune - until tragedy strikes. After a hugely successful career Nelly lost her most famous song to the younger Marie Lloyd. Her career never fully recovered but Marie went on to become the Queen of the Music Hall and did everything bigger and better than Nelly did (she even had more marriages and divorces and approximately 10 times as many people at her funeral than Nellys 4,000). We tell Nelly's story with a little help from some well-known music hall songs to sing along to if you fancy. All together now.https://markaspen.com/2021/08/09/marie-lloyd
