Editing Cabaret (section)

===Germany (from 1901)===
{{Main|Kabarett}}
German ''Kabarett'' developed from 1901, with the creation of the [[Überbrettl]] (''Superstage'') venue, and by the [[Weimar era]] in the mid-1920s, the ''Kabarett'' performances were characterized by [[political satire]] and [[gallows humor]].<ref name="Britannica97V2p702"/> It shared the characteristic atmosphere of intimacy with the French cabaret from which it was imported, but the gallows humor was a distinct German aspect.<ref name="Britannica97V2p702">(1997) [https://books.google.com/books?id=eecaAQAAMAAJ ''The new encyclopaedia Britannica''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428140908/https://books.google.com/books?id=eecaAQAAMAAJ |date=2016-04-28 }}, Volume 2, p.702 quote: {{quotation|<nowiki>It retained the intimate atmosphere, entertainment platform, and improvisational character of the French cabaret but developed its own characteristic gallows humour. By the late 1920s the German cabaret gradually had come to feature mildly risque musical entertainment for the middle-class man, as well as biting political and social satire. It was also a centre for underground political and literary movements. [...] They were the centres of leftist of opposition to the rise of the German Nazi Party and often experienced Nazi retaliation for their criticism of the government.</nowiki>}}</ref>