# Charles Chaplin: Bridging Three Centuries

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: David Robinson
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/charles-chaplin-bridging-three-centuries)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

This lecture explores the phenomenon of Chaplin's mythical status not only in film, but in world cultural history. It traces the creation of the myth to Chaplin's British origins; as a child of the poorest streets of Victorian London and as an alumnus of the British music hall at its zenith.

## Lectures

1. [Charles Chaplin: Bridging Three Centuries](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/charles-chaplin-bridging-three-centuries/ccd23cb7691e) (YouTube)