At its height, vaudeville played to various economic classes and an in a variety of venues. On the vaudeville circuit, it was said that if an act would succeed in Peoria, Illinois, it would work anywhere. Saloon Culture The concert saloon was an American copy of the English music hall, and the forerunner of the variety and vaudeville theater. The concert saloon, an American copy of the English music hall, was the forerunner of the variety and vaudeville theater.
It involved a mixture of contemporary songs, comedy, specialty acts and variety entertainment, much like the American vaudeville entertainment that surfaced in ensuing years.
Minstrel Shows By the turn of the twentieth century, the minstrel show enjoyed but a shadow of its former popularity, having been replaced for the most part by vaudeville. Main navigation Home What is Vaudeville? What is Vaudeville? University Privacy Statement. By purely muscular exertion he is able to cause the vertebrae to assume a nearly perfect straight line.
In this way he can extend the length of his neck … By training, Mr. Willard has been able to increase this movement so markedly that his demonstration is daily surprising thousands. Willard passed away in at the age of X-rays of Willard, taken for the September issue of Science and Invention. The images show how Willard straightened his neck to aid his growth. Human Oddities.
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