Cabaret burlesque, drag shows, or a solo vocalist with a pianist, as well as the venues which offer this entertainment, are often advertised as cabarets. The first known use of the word "cabaret" was in 1655. It is may be derived from the Middle Dutch "cambret", itself probably derived from an earlier form of "chambrette", little room, or from the Norman French "chamber" meaning tavern, itself derived from the Late Latin word "camera" meaning an arched roof. The word "cabaret" came to mean "a restaurant or night club" by 1912. The word "cabaret" was originally Flemish (and possibly Picard before that).
Parade (French street entertainment) the Boulevard du Temple. The characters were often drawn from the "commedia dell'arte" tradition. According to M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet "the humour was of the crudest sort, relying on sexual innuendos or even explicit remarks and actions, obscene gestures and references to defecation and other bodily functions." The "parades" strongly influenced the 18th-century genre of "comédie-parade", a type of play or "opéra-comique", usually in one act, which also used characters from the "commedia dell'arte". These pieces were a bit more refined and polite, at least when presented in public theatres. Parade (French street entertainment) A parade is a type of