Vaudeville

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Vaudeville

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Vaudeville

This form of entertainment is named after Vau-de-Vire, the French valley that was home to Olivier Basselin, a popular 14th century composer.  Basselin's fast-moving satirical songs became famous in Paris then spread to English-speaking countries, which called  humorous compositions and any other collection of crown-pleasing short acts vaudeville.