For a while he earned his living as violinist in coffee houses and variety theatres.
Small halls and even stores were used as variety theatres.
This was soon followed by the growth of a song-writing industry for music hall and variety theatre.
By this time variety theatres were in their twilight years.
With television, the public stayed home more often, and the world of variety theatre suffered drastically.
It reopened as a variety theatre in 1943, but closed on 28 April 1956 and was demolished.
She traveled throughout the country, appearing in variety theaters for about five or six years.
The style of performance attracted artists from music hall and variety theatre.
Certainly, variety theatre existed before 1860 in Europe and elsewhere.
It then grew to become one of Berlin's most famous and successful variety theatres.