So,while readers were gobbling up the Penny Dreadfuls and Penny Bloods, and theatre goers were lapping up opera and melodrama on stage, other innovations were making their way into Victorian leisure life....such as photography and later the phonograph.

Niépce, Daguerre, Muybridge, the Lumiere brothers were among the many that lay the groundwork for modern-day mass entertainment.

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