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#257242 - Fri Feb 11 2005 05:02 AM What was it called?
PurpleFan Multiloquent Registered: Fri Oct 22 1999 Posts: 2249 Loc: New Westminster BC Canada	Was Vaudeville called Vaudeville in Britain or did they have another name for it back then? Or is Vaudeville a universal name for all stage acts in the 20's and 30's? PF _________________________ All Things Purple Are Relative!
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#257243 - Fri Feb 11 2005 06:21 AM Re: What was it called?
TabbyTom Moderator Registered: Wed Oct 17 2001 Posts: 8479 Loc: Hastings Sussex England UK	The word was certainly known in Britain, but I think “variety” was probably a commoner word. The Oxford English Dictionary quotes a newspaper article by Bernard Shaw in 1911: There are vaudeville theatres in America and variety theatres in England. _________________________ Dilige et quod vis fac
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#257244 - Fri Feb 11 2005 06:48 AM Re: What was it called?
PurpleFan Multiloquent Registered: Fri Oct 22 1999 Posts: 2249 Loc: New Westminster BC Canada	Thank you. I have always wondered about that and now I know. PF _________________________ All Things Purple Are Relative!
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