| slovo | definícia |
vaudeville
(encz) | vaudeville,estráda n: Zdeněk Brož |
vaudeville
(encz) | vaudeville,kabaret n: Zdeněk Brož |
vaudeville
(encz) | vaudeville,varieté Zdeněk Brož |
Vaudeville
(gcide) | Vaudeville \Vaude"ville\, n. [F., fr. Vau-de-vire, a village in
Normandy, where Olivier Basselin, at the end of the 14th
century, composed such songs.] [Written also vaudevil.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A kind of song of a lively character, frequently embodying
a satire on some person or event, sung to a familiar air
in couplets with a refrain; a street song; a topical song.
[1913 Webster]
2. A theatrical piece, usually a comedy, the dialogue of
which is intermingled with light or satirical songs, set
to familiar airs.
[1913 Webster]
The early vaudeville, which is the forerunner of the
opera bouffe, was light, graceful, and piquant.
--Johnson's
Cyc.
[1913 Webster]
3. a variety show when performed live in a theater (see
above); as, to play in vaudeville; a vaudeville actor.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
vaudeville
(wn) | vaudeville
n 1: a variety show with songs and comic acts etc. [syn:
vaudeville, music hall] |
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vaudeville theater
(encz) | vaudeville theater, n: |
vaudeville theatre
(encz) | vaudeville theatre, n: |
Vaudeville
(gcide) | Vaudeville \Vaude"ville\, n. [F., fr. Vau-de-vire, a village in
Normandy, where Olivier Basselin, at the end of the 14th
century, composed such songs.] [Written also vaudevil.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A kind of song of a lively character, frequently embodying
a satire on some person or event, sung to a familiar air
in couplets with a refrain; a street song; a topical song.
[1913 Webster]
2. A theatrical piece, usually a comedy, the dialogue of
which is intermingled with light or satirical songs, set
to familiar airs.
[1913 Webster]
The early vaudeville, which is the forerunner of the
opera bouffe, was light, graceful, and piquant.
--Johnson's
Cyc.
[1913 Webster]
3. a variety show when performed live in a theater (see
above); as, to play in vaudeville; a vaudeville actor.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
vaudeville show
(gcide) | Variety show \Variety show\
A stage entertainment, live or televised, of successive
separate performances, usually songs, dances, acrobatic
feats, dramatic sketches, exhibitions of trained animals, or
any specialties. When performed live in a theater, it was
often called a vaudeville show, but when television became
a dominant form of entertainment live vaudeville performances
almost completely ceased.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
vaudeville theater
(wn) | vaudeville theater
n 1: a theater in which vaudeville is staged [syn: music hall,
vaudeville theater, vaudeville theatre] |
vaudeville theatre
(wn) | vaudeville theatre
n 1: a theater in which vaudeville is staged [syn: music hall,
vaudeville theater, vaudeville theatre] |
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