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Transcript of History Powerpoint-Vaudeville
VaudevilleAlex Myers and Erica Weisman
Honors US History
Mr. GreenbergPd. 3
Background Variety of entertainment 1880’s- early 1930’s It includes concerts,
shows, one-act plays, comedy, and short movies
Females and males were involved
In the United States and Canada
Beginnings New York City Theatres After Industrial Revolution,
people were focused on developing their towns and cities
Members of middle class societies
Drug and alcohol free theatres as a change from past
Known as “Polite Vaudeville” Affordable entertainment
Beginnings (continued)
Bridged a social gap that divided American citizens and brought them together
Before the 1880’s, shows were too violent for women and children
People wanted to establish something for everyone to watch
Beginnings (continued)
As years went by, there was a larger variety of performances people admired.
Started with Shakespeare plays, acrobats, singers and dancers
People became eager to go and watch these acts to see what they were in for
Popularities Circuits were chains of
vaudeville houses Earned the world of vaudeville
lots of money Some were small while others
were very large “The Palace”, New York City’s
Palace theatre, was the center point of vaudeville
Filled with many jobs and national celebrities
The Life of a Vaudevillian It wasn’t very easy The acts and plays toured for
almost a year The actors never got to see their
loved ones Demanding schedules The late night acts prevented many
from getting enough sleep
The Life of a Vaudevillian (continued)
Women and children that had skills and talents were the ones that succeeded in earning money
At first, the theatres were not up to high standards
Great salary; much more than an average factory worker
What Killed It The publics changed their
tastes in way of entertainment Nothing was done to make the
shows better Many people didn’t show
interest anymore Less number of people that
performed in the shows each day
Became expensive and hard for middle class citizens to afford these live shows
Final years People only went out of
boredom to kill time It appealed more to younger
children in the end Their best audience was at
night They were too tired to care
whether it was good or not
Final Years (continued)
Palace soon closed as the acts were not found interesting anymore
The life of entertainment was dead for a while
The palace reopened later on to become a movie theatre
Final Years (continued)
At the closing performance, a vaudeville veteran, George Jessel, came on stage and explained to the people that talent will never die
He tried to keep encouraging people to come see the shows so it wouldn’t end
As vaudeville died, people got rid of files on old vaude performers
Legacy Numerous attempts to bring back
vaudeville Moments of recognition of past
performances TV and the radio were what the
Vaudeville's legacy lives on through
People could watch the shows back and enjoy them after it ended
Comedy acts today are influenced by the old Vaudeville
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