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The concert saloon was an American adaptation of the English
music hall Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was most popular from the early Victorian era, beginning around 1850, through the World War I, Great War. It faded away after 1918 as the halls rebranded their entertainment as Varie ...
, and a precursor of variety and
vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France in the middle of the 19th century. A ''vaudeville'' was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a drama ...
theater. As in the music hall,
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was served. The entertainment at the saloon was to hold the imbiber's attention so they would imbibe more.


Further reading

Zellers, Parker R. (Dec., 1968). "The Cradle of Variety: The Concert Saloon". ''Educational Theatre Journal'', Vol. 20, No. 4, 578-585


References

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