variety theatre

  • 1Tivoli Variety Theatre — The Tivoli Theatre in Dublin, Ireland, started life as the Conciliation Hall in 1834. It was built as a meeting place for Daniel O Connell s Repeal Association. In 1897, it was rebuilt as a concert hall called the Grand Lyric Hall and changed… …

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  • 2music hall and variety theatre — Popular entertainment that featured successive acts by singers, comedians, dancers, and actors. The form derived from the taproom concerts given in city taverns in England in the 18th–19th centuries. To meet the demand for entertainment for the… …

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  • 3theatre — /thee euh teuhr, theeeu /, n. theater. * * * I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient Greece, where Western theatre began (5th century BC), theatres were constructed… …

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  • 4theatre music — ▪ musical genre Introduction       any music designed to form part of a dramatic performance, as, for example, a ballet, stage play, motion picture, or television program. Included are the European operetta and its American form, the musical… …

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  • 5Theatre Royal, Dublin — At one stage in the history of the theatre in Britain and Ireland, the designation Theatre Royal or Royal Theatre was an indication that the theatre was granted a Royal Patent without which theatrical performances were illegal. There have over… …

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  • 6Variety (magazine) — Variety Editor Timothy M. Gray Categories Trade Entertainment Frequency Weekly and Daily First issue …

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  • 7Variety — may refer to: *Variety (botany), a rank in botany below that of species. *Variety (cybernetics), the number of possible states of a system or of an element of the system. *Variety (linguistics), a concept that includes for instance dialects,… …

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  • 8Variety, the Children's Charity — was founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 10, 1927 when a group of eleven men involved in show business set up a social club which they named the Variety Club . On Christmas Eve 1928, a small baby was left on the steps of a movie theatre …

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  • 9Théâtre Mogador — …

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  • 10Variety Club of Great Britain — Variety Club of Great Brit|ain, the a British ↑charity organization which gives money, holidays, vehicles etc to poor or sick children. Its members are people who work in television, films, and popular theatre …

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