Revudevillen.
/rᵻˈvjuːd(ə)vɪl/, U.S. /rəˈvjud(ə)ˌvɪl/, /riˈvjud(ə)ˌvɪl/ Now chiefly historical.
(The name of) a form of continuous entertainment incorporating elements of variety and revue presented at the Windmill Theatre in London, between 1932 and 1964. Also in extended use.From the late 1930s further popularized by the inclusion of the Windmill's celebrated nude tableaux vivants.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > [noun] > revue
passing show1715
revue1840
follies1874
review1897
revusical1915
Living Newspaper1925
Revudeville1932
1932 Times 3 Feb. 12/7 (advt.) Windmill Theatre Revudeville 8.30.
1932 Times 4 Feb. 10/2 ‘Revudeville.’.. The Windmill Theatre turned last night from talking films to variety and revue turns.
1937 Evening News 19 Jan. 5/3 (heading) ‘A Day at the B.B.C.’.. Skit in Revudeville.
1937 Daily Express 6 Feb. 15/1 Eric Barker, who holds forth at the Windmill Theatre, where they've just passed five years of non-stop revudeville.
1947 Billboard 12 Apr. 38/2 There is only the briefest break between shows, which are dubbed ‘revuedeville’.
1966 J. R. Taylor Penguin Dict. Theatre 228 Another phenomenon deserving of mention is Revudeville at the Windmill Theatre, a form of continuous variety show with comedy and nudes which ran in various editions from the 1930s... It closed in 1964.
2003 G. Burn North of Eng. Home Service (2004) iv. 132 The men who went with their flasks and their sandwiches and sat through several performances of Revudeville at the Windmill Theatre.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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