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An example of musical burlesque is Richard Strauss 's 1890 Burleske for piano and orchestra. Examples of theatrical burlesques include W. S. Gilbert 's Robert the Devil and the A. C. Torr – Meyer Lutz shows, including Ruy Blas and the Blasé Roué.
Some of the most frequent subjects for burlesque were the plays of Shakespeare and grand opera. From the 1850s onwards, burlesquing of Italian, French and, later in the century, German opera was popular with London audiences.
Burlesque in the 1800s was a form of theatrical entertainment that emerged during the 19th century. It was characterized by its exaggerated humor, parody, and suggestive elements. Burlesque shows were typically filled with bawdy humor, satire, and musical performances.
May 11, 2018 · BURLESQUE. BURLESQUE, a popular dramatic and literary form in which parody, coarseness, mockery, and innuendo provide many of the laughs, has a long history. Literary burlesque may be traced back to Greece, where dramas presented at festivals were sometimes satiric and received with joviality.
English burlesque is chiefly dramatic, notable exceptions being Samuel Butler’s satiric poem Hudibras (1663–78), an indictment of Puritan hypocrisy; the mock heroic couplets of John Dryden and Alexander Pope; and the prose burlesques of Jonathan Swift and Henry Fielding.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Adelphi Theatre was associated with raucous burlesques, popularly known as ‘Adelphi Screamers’, and with the unruly fans of Mr Edward Wright, a drag actor specializing in transvestite roles such as Medea in Mark Lemon’s Medea; or a Libel on the Lady of Colchis (1856).
For about forty years from the start of the Victorian period, the British theatre was dominated by burlesque, a form of popular entertainment that incorporated parody, comedy, stagecraft, and musical theatre.
