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Music hall Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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music hall
Noun
1. a theater in which vaudeville is staged
(synonym) vaudeville theater, vaudeville theatre
(hypernym) theater, theatre, house
2. a variety show with songs and comic acts etc.
(synonym) vaudeville
(hypernym) variety show, variety
Noun
1. a theater in which vaudeville is staged
(synonym) vaudeville theater, vaudeville theatre
(hypernym) theater, theatre, house
2. a variety show with songs and comic acts etc.
(synonym) vaudeville
(hypernym) variety show, variety
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music hall
music hall
\music hall\ a place for public musical entartainments; specif. (eng.), esp. a public hall for vaudeville performances, in which smoking and drinking are usually allowed in the auditorium.
music hall
n
1. a theater in which vaudeville is staged [syn: vaudeville theater , vaudeville theatre]
2. a variety show with songs and comic acts etc. [syn: vaudeville]
music hall
\music hall\ a place for public musical entartainments; specif. (eng.), esp. a public hall for vaudeville performances, in which smoking and drinking are usually allowed in the auditorium.
music hall
n
1. a theater in which vaudeville is staged [syn: vaudeville theater , vaudeville theatre]
2. a variety show with songs and comic acts etc. [syn: vaudeville]
Music hall Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Music hall
Music hall is a form of British theatrical entertainment which was popular between 1850 and 1960. The term can refer to
- A particular form of variety entertainment involving a mixture of popular song, comedy and speciality acts. British music hall was similar to American vaudeville, featuring rousing songs and comic acts, while in the United Kingdom the term vaudeville referred to more lowbrow entertainment that would have been termed burlesque in the United States.
- The theatre or other venue in which such entertainment takes place;
- The type of popular music normally associated with such performances.
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