Weber and Fields comedy duo
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The Weber and Fields comedy duo was a popular late 19th- and early 20th-century American vaudeville team known for their German dialect humor and influential slapstick routines.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Weber and Fields | 0 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
comedy duo
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vaudeville act ⓘ |
| activePeriodEnd | early 20th century ⓘ |
| activePeriodStart | late 19th century ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| endTime | early 1900s ⓘ |
| ethnicStereotypeUsed | German-American ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
entertainment industry
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theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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slapstick ⓘ vaudeville ⓘ |
| hasAudience | American mass audiences ⓘ |
| hasGenreCharacteristic |
comic misunderstandings
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fast-paced patter ⓘ mispronunciations and malapropisms ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Broadway musical comedy
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burlesque theatre ⓘ early film comedy ⓘ |
| hasPart | Weber and Fields’ burlesques of popular plays ⓘ |
| influenced |
American vaudeville comedy
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slapstick comedy tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| member |
Joe Weber
NERFINISHED
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Lew Fields NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
German dialect humor
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influencing later American comic duos ⓘ popularizing German dialect comedy on the American stage ⓘ slapstick routines ⓘ |
| notableVenue | Weber and Fields’ Broadway Music Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Weber and Fields’ Broadway music hall shows ⓘ |
| partOf | American vaudeville tradition ⓘ |
| performanceMedium |
stage
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vaudeville theatre ⓘ |
| performerOf |
burlesque sketches
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ethnic dialect routines ⓘ |
| startTime | 1890s ⓘ |
| style |
broad physical comedy
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knockabout farce ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Broadway
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New York theatre district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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