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 * [[Linton's Music Hall]] (1888)
 * the [[Pavilion Palace of Varieties]] (1891, in Commissioner Street)
-* [[The Empire Palace of Varieties]] (1894 and 1906)
+* The [[Empire Palace of Varieties]] (1894 and 1906)
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 * [[Linton's Music Hall]] (1888)
 * the [[Pavilion Palace of Varieties]] (1891, in Commissioner Street)
-* [[The Empire]] (1894, the first of three in Johannesburg), hosting such performers as [[Charles du Val]], [[Marie Lloyd]], [[Little Tich]], [[George Robey]] and [[Harry Tate]].
+* [[The Empire Palace of Varieties]] (1894 and 1906)
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 * Johannesburg’s first music hall was [[The Novelty]] which opened in Sauer Street in October 1887
-* the [[Trocadero Concert Hall]] in President Street (January 1888)
+* the [[Trocadero Concert Hall]] in President Street (January 1888 - short-lived)
-* [[The Empire]] (1894, the first of three in Johannesburg), hosting such performers as [[Charles du Val]], [[Marie Lloyd]], [[Little Tich]], [[George Robey]] and [[Harry Tate]].
+* The [[United States Concert Hall]] on Market Square (March 1888) taking the performers from the failed Trocadero
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 * [[The Empire]] (1894, the first of three in Johannesburg), hosting such performers as [[Charles du Val]], [[Marie Lloyd]], [[Little Tich]], [[George Robey]] and [[Harry Tate]].
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 * the [[Vaudeville Theatre]] (early 20th century)
 ==[[Bio-vaudeville]] and bio-vaudeville houses in South Africa==

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 In the late 20th century there was for a while a movement to revive [[vaudeville]] in the USA, with what was known as the [[New  Vaudeville]]. It initially emphasized circus, side-show and burlesque,  but gradually also introduced the more traditional fare of comedy, music and dance forms of all types. It appears to have emerged largely from the active  [[stand-up]] tradition in the USA. (See Cullen, Hackman and McNeilly, 2007[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=XFnfnKg6BcAC&pg=PA1125&lpg=PA1125&dq=the+New+Vaudeville+Travis&source=bl&ots=5wrGpSx7D_&sig=ACfU3U1AKWhzvzHg6GxN0EEB0NHYF3Q-0A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiystfrjdHhAhXlyIUKHV1dDYQQ6AEwEXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=the%20New%20Vaudeville%20Travis&f=false])
 =The history and meaning of the term '''[[Variety]]'''=
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 ==South African [[Music hall]], [[Vaudeville]] and [[Variety]] venues==
-Among the notable South African venues named as [[music hall]]s have been the [[New Music Hall]] (Cape Town,  1858), the [[Trafalgar]]* (1850's, Durban), [[Burn's Music Hall]] (1880's, Kimberley), [[The Empire]] (1894, the first of three in Johannesburg) and [[The Tivoli]] (1903, Cape Town), hosting such performers as [[Charles du Val]], [[Marie Lloyd]], [[Little Tich]], [[George Robey]] and [[Harry Tate]]. In Cape Town and Bloemfontein there was the [[Vaudeville Theatre]] (late 19th century/early 20th century).
+There have been a number of notable South African venues named as [[music hall]]s. When music-hall venues dispensed with individual supper-tables to adapt to conventional theatre seating, many were renamed (e.g. the [[Cabinet Theatre]], the [[Tivoli Theatre of Varieties]], the [[Empire Palace of Varieties]].
 ==[[Bio-vaudeville]] and bio-vaudeville houses in South Africa==
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 '''See the entry on [[Bio-vaudeville]] for more details.'''
 = Sources =

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	Frank Cullen, with Florence Hackman, Donald McNeilly. 2007. ''Vaudeville Old & New: An Encyclopedia of Variety Performances in America''. New York/London: Routledge.		Frank Cullen, with Florence Hackman, Donald McNeilly. 2007. ''Vaudeville Old & New: An Encyclopedia of Variety Performances in America''. New York/London: Routledge.

		+	https://johannesburg1912.com/2013/07/29/theatres-in-early-johannesburg/

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ==South African [[Music hall]], [[Vaudeville]] and [[Variety]] venues==
-Among the notable South African venues named as [[music hall]]s have been the [[New Music Hall]] (Cape Town,  1858), the [[Trafalgar]]* (1850's, Durban), [[Burn's Music Hall]] (1880's, Kimberley), [[The Empire]] (1894, the first of three in Johannesburg) and [[The Tivoli]] (1903, Cape Town), hosting such performers as [[Charles du Val]], [[Marie Lloyd]], [[Little Tich]], [[George Robey]] and [[Harry Tate]]. In Bloemfontein there was the [[Vaudeville Theatre]] (circa 1900).
+Among the notable South African venues named as [[music hall]]s have been the [[New Music Hall]] (Cape Town,  1858), the [[Trafalgar]]* (1850's, Durban), [[Burn's Music Hall]] (1880's, Kimberley), [[The Empire]] (1894, the first of three in Johannesburg) and [[The Tivoli]] (1903, Cape Town), hosting such performers as [[Charles du Val]], [[Marie Lloyd]], [[Little Tich]], [[George Robey]] and [[Harry Tate]]. In Cape Town and Bloemfontein there was the [[Vaudeville Theatre]] (late 19th century/early 20th century).
 When music-hall venues dispensed with individual supper-tables to adapt to conventional theatre seating, many were renamed (e.g. the [[Cabinet Theatre]], the [[Tivoli Theatre of Varieties]], the [[Empire Palace of Varieties]] ,