Answers are two words both beginning with the same letter.
1. The 1890s renowned for gaiety and good living (7,8)
2. A paper with signatures in a circle, so that no-one seems the ringleader
3. Passionate about all things theatrical
4. A person behaving aggessively and boorishly as a result of drink (5,4)
5. Name given to the period generally between July 3rd to August 11th
6. Mourning clothes worn by a woman after the death of her husband