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en-wikipedia-org-6011		German Reed Entertainments - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1930	152	65	At a time when the theatre in London was seen as a disreputable place, the German Reed family provided family-friendly entertainments for forty years, showing that respectable theatre could be popular. The entertainments were held at the intimate Royal Gallery of Illustration, Lower Regent Street, and later at St. George's Hall, Langham Place, in London. Thomas German Reed composed the music for many of the entertainments himself. From 1860 to 1868, the German Reeds were assisted by John Orlando Parry, a pianist, mimic, parodist and humorous singer (one of George Grossmith's inspirations).[5] He created a new type of musical and dramatic monologue that became popular.[2] The earliest entertainments included Holly Lodge and The Enraged Musicians (1855); William Brough's A Month from Home and My Unfinished Opera (1857); The Pyramid by Shirley Brooks (1864); The Peculiar Family by Brough (1865); The Yachting Cruise by F.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6011.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6011.txt