Who are they?

I've chosen to base my historical character on the Emcee, in the film 'Cabaret' he works at the Kit Kat Club introducing the girls onto the stage and offering light relief and laughs to the audience.

The Emcee was there to relax the audience and make them forget about the politics and the economic crisis they were in!

The clubs he would be working in would be dingy, the audience would all be sitting round tables watching with telephones on each table to phone each other if interested. I would imagine the air to be foggy and thick from everyone smoking in there and the furniture to look worn and off colour from the cigarette smoke.

[Perrottet.T. 2012] Men in the 1920's would mostly be seen wearing good quality suits. The men would wear bright coloured shirts with big cravats. 

During this time one famous actor that would have been a big influence on the Emcee is Conrad Veidt. [Caroline. 2012] One of his most famous roles was in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. In this film the director used striking makeup and lighting. This was something never seen before in the movies which made him become so famous. Every film he was in he was very expressive with his face. I feel the Emcee would have taken a lot of inspiration from the movement of his eyes and how he can tell the audience things through his eyes without speaking. 

Caroline. (2012). The Good German: The Life and Legacy of Conrad Veidt. Available: http://garbolaughs.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/the-good-german-the-life-and-legacy-of-conrad-veidt/. Last accessed 15th Oct 2014.