Burlesque (genre)

Souvenir programme: Ruy Blas and the Blase Roue

Burlesque, also known as travesty, is a genre of entertainment. Prior to burlesque becoming associated with striptease, it was a form of musical and theatrical parody in which an opera or piece of classical theatre is adapted in a broad, often risqué style very different from that for which it was originally known.

1 History
2 Etymology
3 Examples of burlesque
4 See also
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links

History

Burlesque originated around the beginning of the Victorian era, when the social rules of established aristocracy and working-class society clashed. The genre often mocked such established entertainment forms as opera, Shakespearean drama and ballet. The burlesque was a logical descendant of ballad opera and other forms of comic musical entertainments.

Madame Vestris produced burlesques at the Olympic Theatre beginning in 1831 with Olympic Revels by J. R. Planché. In the early burlesques, the words of the songs were written to popular music in the same way that had been done earlier in The Beggar's Opera. Later in the Victorian era, burlesque mixed operetta, music hall and revue, and some of the large-scale burlesque spectacles were known as extravaganzas.¹ W. S. Gilbert wrote several burlesques early in his career, including Dulcamara, or the Little Duck and the Great Quack (1866), La Vivandière, or, True to the Corps! (1867) and Robert the Devil (1868). In the 1870s, Lydia Thompson's burlesque troupe, with Willie Edouin, became famous for their burlesques, by such authors as H. B. Farnie and Robert Reece, both in Britain and the U.S.

Burlesque became the specialty of London's Gaiety Theatre and Royal Strand Theatre from the 1860s to the early 1890s. In the 1860s and 1870s, burlesques were often one-act pieces running less than an hour and using pastiches and parodies of popular songs, opera arias and other music that the audience would readily recognize. Beginning in the 1880s, composers like Meyer Lutz and Osmond Carr contributed original music, and the shows were extended to a full-length two or three act format.² Nellie Farren, as the theatre's "principal boy," and Fred Leslie starred at the Gaiety during that period, and Leslie wrote the libretti for many of these pieces under his pseudonym, "A. C. Torr".³ John D'Auban choreographed the Gaiety burlesques from 1868 to 1891.⁴⁵ In the early 1890s, musical burlesque went out of fashion, and the Gaiety Theatre's focus changed to the new genre of Edwardian musical comedy.

Sheet music from Faust up to Date

The dialogue for many of the burlesques was written in the form of rhymed couplets, and was full of bad puns. For example, in Faust up to Date (1888), a couplet reads:

Mephistopheles: "Along the Riviera dudes her praises sing."

Walerlie: "Oh, did you Riviera such a thing?"⁶

By the 1880s, the genre had created some rules for defining itself:

Minimal costuming, often focusing on the female form.
Sexually suggestive dialogue, dance, plotlines and staging.
Quick-witted humour laced with puns, but lacking complexity.
Short routines or sketches with minimal plot cohesion across a show.

Etymology

The name "burlesque" is derived from the Italian burla, which means "jest." The form began as comic parodies of well-known topics or people.⁷

The term "travesty" combines the Latin words trans-, meaning "across, over" and vestere, "to dress or to wear". According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word travesty originally meant "to disguise by changing costume" specifically "in the attire of the opposite sex". ⁸ In modern literary theory, the word continues to hold this meaning in reference to dramatic works: transvestism onstage is referred to as travesty.⁹ In particular "travesty roles" are dramatic roles in which the sex of the character is opposite that of the performer.

Examples of burlesque

Ruy Blas and the Blase Roue made fun of the play Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo.¹⁰ The title was a pun, and the worse the pun, the more Victorian audiences were amused.¹ Other Gaiety burlesques included Robert the Devil (1868), The Bohemian G-yurl and the Unapproachable Pole (1877), Blue Beard (1882), Ariel (1883, by F. C. Burnand), Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed (1883), Little Jack Sheppard (1885), Monte Cristo, Jr. (1886), Pretty Esmeralda (1887), Frankenstein, or The Vampire's Victim (1887),¹¹ Mazeppa, Faust up to date (1888), Carmen up to Data (1890),¹²¹³ Cinder Ellen up too Late (1891), and Don Juan (1892, with lyrics by Adrian Ross).¹⁴¹⁵

Well known ragtime travesties include The Russian Rag, by George L. Cobb, which is based on Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor, and Felix Arndt's Lucy's Sextette based on a sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti.

To compete with vaudeville and revues like the Ziegfeld Follies, burlesque became increasingly racy after 1900.⁷

In more recent times, the score for the film The Cool Mikado is a travesty on the original Gilbert and Sullivan music. Comedic musician "Weird Al" Yankovic writes songs, specifically songs such as the "Angry White Boy Polka" and "Polkrama," that can be considered travesties, as they take the lyrics and music of popular songs and re-arrange them into the style of Polka.

Notes

^ ^a ^b Information about dramatic burlesque
^ "Theatrical Humour in the Seventies", The Times, 20 February 1914, p. 9, col. D
^ Stewart, Maurice. 'The spark that lit the bonfire', in Gilbert and Sullivan News (London) Spring 2003.
^ "Mr. D'Auban's 'Startrap' Jumps". The Times, 17 April 1922, p. 17
^ Biographical file for John D'Auban, list of productions and theatres, The Theatre Museum, London (2009)
^ Lubbock, Mark. "History of British musical theatre", The Complete Book of Light Opera, New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1962, pp. 467-68
^ ^a ^b Jarrett, Michael. "Music Hall, Vaudeville, and Burlesque (1843)"
^ "Travesty". Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed.). 1989.
^ Anne Hermann (1989). "Travesty and Transgression: Transvestism in Shakespeare, Brecht, and Churchill". Theatre Journal (The Johns Hopkins University Press) 41 (2): 133–154. doi:10.2307/3207855. http://jstor.org/stable/3207855.
^ Hollingshead, pp. 57–58
^ Hollingshead, pp. 14 and 55
^ Programme for Carmen up to Data
^ Adams, pp. 254–55
^ Hollingshead, pp. 63–64
^ Arthur Lloyd Music Hall site (on Gaiety) Cuttings accessed 01 Mar 2007

References

Adams, William Davenport (1904) A dictionary of the drama Chatto & Windus
Hedin, Thomas F. (2001) The Petite Commande of 1664: Burlesque in the gardens of Versailles, The Art Bulletin
Hollingshead, John. (1903) Good Old Gaiety: An Historiette & Remembrance London:Gaity Theatre Co
Frye, Northrop. (1957) Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays. Princeton: Princeton University Press
Description of early burlesques in America by historian John Kenrick

External links

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Burlesque.

Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911: "Burlesque"
Information about Burlesque from the PeoplePlay UK website
Further information from the PeoplePlay UK website
History of Burlesque at Musicals101.com, The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV and Film
"A Guide to Classical Burlesque - Funny Ha Ha or Funny Peculiar?" Allan, K., The Curious Adventures of Kittie
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Six Sex Scenes and a Murder 2008 STV DVDRip XViD-SPRiNTER ...: Genre: Mystery Size: 700MB PLOT : Nick?s made poor choices professionally and personally. A man feared and envied by many, he?s lived a life seduced by crime, money, beautiful women, and burlesque. Now he wants out and he?s got 24 hours ...
Bedroom Burlesque: Author Jane Briggeman is the founder of the Golden Days of Burlesque Kustom Graphics: Hot Rods, Burlesque and Rock 'n' Roll Before it was a show business genre, burlesque was an attitude. We love up Pin-up legend Dita Von Teese! ...
The Nutcracker + Burlesque = The Slutcracker | Dance | AltWeeklies.com: The Nutcracker + Burlesque = The Slutcracker. By Jim Sullivan · Boston Phoenix | December 12, 2008. "Later, Drosselmeyer returns with the vibrator. Lo and behold, it grows bigger and becomes the Slutcracker Prince. The Slutcracker courts Clara and ... (Video) Game Changers?new. After decades of lackluster releases, the video-game-turned-film genre may have finally found its royalty. Boston Phoenix | Brett Michel | 06-07-2010 | Commentary · More by Boston Phoenix » ...
Snapped: Christina Aguilera attends 'Burlesque' party in Mexico.: Lmfao only time will tell but this genre of film doesn't usually do well it just seems so “Showgirls 2.” SunDee Says: June 27th, 2010 at 8:45 pm. @Jaycee. Crossroads getting lots because Brit has many fans & still remain 'young big ...
Sexy and saucy - News Features - Providence Phoenix: While there are certainly a few hallmarks of the genre — cheeky humor, music, movement — beyond that basic framework, burlesque performance itself can take many different shapes. As Keri King, whose Danger Danger Birds first came on the ...
GREEN TEA MOVIE!!: NEW IMAGES FOR XTINA'S BURLESQUE: To make it even more eccentric, Christina Aguilera and Cher will debut and return to the musical big screen genre respectively, with the former composed four songs exclusively for the movie and performs an Etta James old classic. ...
Christina Aguilera's 'Burlesque' Promo Shots | ..::That Grape ...: Theres no specific song that sounds exactly like Gaga per'say, Its just Style & genre wise & also production wise. & I think the name of that song is I Will Be, maybe it was un-realeased (IDK I DLed off Limewire). ...
Tassel Time | Castlist Media: Tassel Time is a regular podcast which is dedicated to the burlesque genre. As well as being available to download for free on iTunes, users may listen to each episode directly from the website. Visit The Tassel Time Website. ...
Happily Ever After Reviews: Review: Comfort Food by Kitty Thomas: Review: Comfort Food by Kitty Thomas. Comfort Food by Kitty Thomas Publisher: Burlesque Press Genre: Erotica Heat Rating: 2. Note: Not a Romance. Photobucket. Blurb DISCLAIMER: This is not a story about consensual BDSM. ...
Burlesque Movie Trailer | The Star Celeb: Starring: Cher, Christina Aguilera, Eric Dane, Cam Gigandet, Julianne Hough, Peter Gallagher, Alan Cumming, Kristen Bell, Stanley Tucci Genre: Drama Trailer: Courtesy of Youtube (No official trailer available yet) ...
Tintypes, Ambrotypes - Wet Plate Photography: Dream of the Marionettes: Christy Leichy and Johanna Divine (in the 2nd image below) wrote "Dream of the Marionettes" and it promises to be a real romp of the burlesque genre. Go to this site to see more about the production: ...
FAQ You - A Guide for Modern Burlesquers | Kittie: Belle Esprit ...: This modern burlesque genre comprises of two main forms: the Traditional British Burlesque (known by academics as 'classical burlesque') and the relatively modern American Burlesque Striptease. British Burlesque and American Burlesque ...
C'est arrivé près de chez vous » The Word Magazine: The fake documentary about a serial killer draws inspiration from a Belgian TV show of a new genre that appeared on the national broadcast channel RTBF in the mid 1980s. The innovative show, Strip-Tease, “the show that undresses you”, ... In the burlesque vein, the characters of Camping Cosmos (Jan Bucquoy, 1996), from porn actress Lolo Ferrari to singer Arno, are just as politically incorrect. More recently, Ex-Drummer (Koen Mortier, 2007) tells the raw story of three ...
Why I Love Burlesque | The Skinny: At the same time, the growth of burlesque writing gives the community the power to define itself, to deconstruct notions of taste, ideology and genre. Artists like Marisa Carinsky have the intellectual fire-power to draw on academic ...
Dirty Martini and the New Burlesque | CarnalNation: To seasoned tassel-twirlers, Cher and Christina Aguilera are late to the party with their upcoming film Burlesque. One can only hope that when the movie comes out it will mean more work for the dancers who've revitalized the genre. ...
Windy City Burlesque Fest: The Art Of Tease Returns To Its Chicago ...: Although much of the burlesque scene pays homage to the glamorous pin-up style of the genre's heyday, other sub-genres such as "neo-burlesque" have opened the door for reinvention. Headline dancer Foxy Tann practices a style that ...
Bring Burlesque to Beverly Hills - Broowaha: Even the Sports Club acknowledged that the move was daring, considering their older membership base and the fact that the burlesque genre flirts with notions of stripping. â€œWe are just trying to think of fun new ways to get people in ...
International Giveaways » Scary Gothic Costumes Are Wonderful For ...: It was an offshoot of the post punk genre. The style of dress is really interesting and individual with many different types of looks. What are the characteristics of the goth look. Probably, the most obvious is the use of the color black. ... Burlesque as an entertainment form has come back into fashion especially dancing. Burlesque dancing is enormously sexy and seductive including an element of teasing with stripping off items such as gloves or stockings. ...
Cher enjoys a movie date with new boyfriend Ron Zimmerman | CELEBRITY: The diva plays former dancer, Tess, who runs a a neo-burlesque club and offers Aguilera's character Ali, a young orphaned girl, a job. Cher took time out from her residency at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas to film the movie, which also features two new songs. ... She said fans shouldn't expect the same dance music heard on her 1998 album, Believe. 'It really won't be Believe-ish,' she said recently. 'It will be more…I don't know how to say it. I can't put a genre to it. ...
The resurgence of '50s-style burlesque in Canada - Focus: From its origins to its transformations into the 21st century, the burlesque performance genre has raised controversy, provided entertainment, dealt with significant issues, and brought women's sexuality into the spotlight without being ...
Final | The Skinny: The revelations this year have included the dynamic arrival of New York burlesque acts like Peekaboo Pointe and The wau Wau Sisters. Unlike their British counterparts, these acts do not come exclusively through a vaudeville tradition, ... Ultimately, any critique of art cannot rely on a specific ideology, and attacks on the genre as anti-feminist are beside the point: the real question lies in the quality of the routines, and whether they have clarity of expression. ...
The ELLE 25 via [elle.com] « OPULUXELtd.com LIFESTYLE===}}{{=== DESIGN: genre-spanning records—and it's clear Flowers isn't built to sit still. “I've been writing songs since the last day that I recorded vocals on [2008's] Day & Age,” he says. “I think this is some of the strongest work I've ever done. ... November's Burlesque. Belting out a racy number in a sequined bustier with enough screen presence to upstage all the pretty young things in fishnets (including Christina Aguilera and Kristen Bell), Cher's mama hen nabs the movie's best ...
Burlesque (Aguilera, Cher) :first look: Burlesque Genre : Drama, Musical, Romance Release Date : November 24, 2010 Starring : Christina Aguilera, Eric Dane, Cher, Kristen Bell View full post on SantaBanta Forums – Movies [ WATCH AND DOWNLOAD FULL ONLINE MOVIES FROM JATTMAFIA. ...
The Femme Show Announces Northeast Tour, August 14-21 | Gail Sez ...: Johnny Blazes is known throughout Boston's drag and burlesque scenes for hir genre-bending, gender-blending, tongue-in-cheek performances. Ze received a BA in Dance Performance at Oberlin College where ze founded OCircus! and directed ...
Gozamos » Techno Profound and the Grip of Young Identity: My generation wants to shuffle all even when iTunes segregates by genre. We want our rappers singing and our rock stars striving to be original. We are what happens when you endlessly advertise and pollute and warn—we represent society desensitizing. ... Rollin' Outta Here Naked: A Big Lebowski Burlesque. Rollin' Outta Here Naked: A Big Lebowski Burlesque is a nationally-recognized, critically-acclaimed, box-office smash hit that will be remounting in September 2010. ...
Angry for a Reason: Good g_d I hate Burlesque. HATE!!!: I think the burlesque genre does have potential to be genuinely subversive (as, indeed it used to be in the victorian times, when it was a form of low-brow entertainment for the working classes, and was used as a satirical tool to poke ...
Christina Aguilera: The Movie: Have you ever watched Coyote Ugly and thought “such a great film, if only more bewigged, cannon-voiced, genre defying pop stars/cosmetic enthusiasts were in it”? Then does Screen Gems have the film for you! Released today was the trailer for ... 2) Burlesque the movie = Coyote Ugly + Cabaret. Or, any story in which a sweet young girl overcomes obstacles to prove she's got what it takes to roll with the big dogs. So: Pretty Woman, The Devil Wears Prada, Down With Love, ...
Escape from New York | Electric Sheep – Uncompromising Film, DVD ...: He even manages to take in a show at a theatre on 42nd Street, although the entertainment on display plumbs the depths of the term 'burlesque'. Carpenter wanted to avoid shooting on a studio back-lot in order to maintain realism but the ... with such Italian efforts as Enzo G Castellari's 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982) and Sergio Martino's 2019: After the Fall of New York (1983) being the more notable examples of the post-apocalyptic city sub-genre, while Pierre Morel's ...
Ron Zimmerman: Cher's Boyfriend » Right On Music: Not only is she working on yet another album, but she will be gracing the big screen with her remarkable presence in her new upcoming movie, Burlesque. Burlesque is about a small town girl in her late twenties searching for her big break ... I can't put a genre to it. It's a little bit more real instruments, like guitars and stuff like that. I just got some of the songs and I'm just learning [them] so I'm kind of at that beginning stage where you're taking baby steps.” ...