Victorian burlesque, also known in its own day as travesty or extravaganza, is a genre of theatrical entertainment that flourished in Victorian England and in the New York theatre of the mid-nineteenth century. It works by parody: a well-known opera, a piece of classical theatre, or a ballet is reworked into a broad comic play, usually itself a musical play and often risque in tone, mocking the theatrical and musical conventions of the original while frequently quoting or pastiching its actual text or music. Victorian burlesque is one of several distinct forms that burlesque has taken across its history.
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Victorian burlesque, sometimes known as travesty or extravaganza, is a genre of theatrical entertainment that was popular in Victorian England and in the New York theatre of the mid-19th century.
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popular in Victorian England
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the most successful of which was Robert the Devil (1868)
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a form of parody in which a well-known opera or piece of classical theatre or ballet is adapted into a broad comic play
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Victorian burlesque, sometimes known as travesty or extravaganza, is a genre of theatrical entertainment that was popular in Victorian England and in the New York theatre of the mid-19th century.
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It is a form of parody in which a well-known opera or piece of classical theatre or ballet is adapted into a broad comic play, usually a musical play, usually risqué in style, mocking the theatrical and musical conventions and styles of the original work, and often quoting or pastiching text or music from the original work.
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