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Vaudeville was a style of variety entertainment predominant in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Developing from many sources, including saloon shows, minstrel shows , freak shows , dime museums , British pantomimes , and other popular forms of entertainment, vaudeville became one of the most popular types of entertainment in America ...
Vaudeville was a style of variety entertainment predominant in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Developing from many sources, including saloon shows, minstrel shows, freak shows , dime museums , British pantomimes , and other popular forms of entertainment, vaudeville became one of the most popular types of entertainment in America ...
Vaudeville (/ ˈ v ɔː d (ə) v ɪ l, ˈ v oʊ-/; [1] French: ⓘ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France at the end of the 19th century. [2] A Vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition or light poetry, interspersed with songs ...
Mabel and Emma Griffin, AKA The Griffin Sisters, African-American Vaudeville entertainers and entrepreneurs. The Griffin Sisters, Emma (1874–1918) and Mabel (1877–1918) Griffin, were American vaudeville performers in the late 1800s and early 1900s who became entrepreneurs and social activists and opened one of the first booking agencies owned by Black women.
Willie, West and McGinty performing in the 1930 movie Plastered. Willie, West and McGinty was a British comedy act who performed in music halls and in American vaudeville.The act was developed in the early 1900s by English comedians Bill Briscoe (William Briscoe; 25 December 1885 – 3 May 1949) and Frank Crossley (Frank Marsh Crossley; 1 January 1879 – 5 November 1942).
[1] [2] [5] According to writer Kliph Nesteroff, the events around the Russell brothers' performance were an early manifestation of "culture wars" affecting comedy acts. [6] For a time, the brothers attempted to continue performing as "Swedish" servant girls. In about 1910, James Russell suffered a nervous breakdown and retired.
George Walker, Adah Overton Walker, and Bert Williams in In Dahomey (1903), the first Broadway musical to be written and performed by African Americans. Bert Williams (November 12, 1874 – March 4, 1922) was a Bahamian-born American entertainer, one of the pre-eminent entertainers of the vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. [1]
On May 29, the bylaws and constitution of the Vaudeville Managers Association (VMA) was signed. This organization was created to eliminate harmful competition. [7] The creation of the VMA centralized the vaudeville empire. Performers were organized and toured along a prearranged route.