Vaudeville
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈvɔ.d(ə).vɪl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Vaudeville is a noun meaning (historical, countable) An entertainment in this style.
Meaning
(historical, countable) An entertainment in this style.
More Meanings
- (historical, uncountable) A style of multi-act theatrical entertainment which originated from France and flourished in Europe and North America from the 1880s through the 1920s.
Example Sentences
Mr. Sterling was born in Baltimore on June 24, 1915, to Jack Sexton and Edna Cable, veteran performers in vaudeville, showboats and stock companies.
“Me, Myself and I,” directed by Emily Mann and engagingly acted by a cast that includes the invaluable Albee veteran Brian Murray, is in the tradition of Mr. Albee’s mid- and late-career works like “The Marriage Play” and “The Play About the Baby”: fragmented philosophical vaudevilles that turn the most fundamental questions of identity into verbal soft-shoes.
Word Forms
- vaudevilles
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include comedy, void, deuseaville, veuglaire, vauntery, vailer.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.