User:Bongomatic/Smoker (theater)

A smoker is a theater production consisting of comedic sketches or skits. The term was popular in collegiate America in the early- to mid-20th century, where a "Freshman Smoker" was a term given to such a revue written by and cast with first-year students.
 * http://books.google.com.sg/books?id=9stWAAAAIAAJ&q=%22freshman+smoker%22&dq=%22freshman+smoker%22&lr=
 * http://books.google.com.sg/books?id=rDTPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22freshman+smoker%22&dq=%22freshman+smoker%22&lr=
 * http://books.google.com.sg/books?id=_4vOAAAAMAAJ&q=%22freshman+smoker%22&dq=%22freshman+smoker%22&lr=
 * http://books.google.com.sg/books?id=jFC4AAAAIAAJ&q=%22freshman+smoker%22&dq=%22freshman+smoker%22&lr=
 * http://books.google.com.sg/books?id=0yjOAAAAMAAJ&q=%22freshman+smoker%22&dq=%22freshman+smoker%22&lr=
 * http://books.google.com.sg/books?id=uFhNxX5lrNEC&pg=PA77&dq=%22freshman+smoker%22#v=onepage&q=smoker&f=false
 * http://books.google.com.sg/books?id=GfU7AAAAMAAJ&q=%22freshman+smoker%22&dq=%22freshman+smoker%22
 * http://harvardmagazine.com/2009/11/harvard-class-colors-and-trademark-clothing

The term may originate with the concept of "smokers theater" suggested by Bertolt Brecht in the 1920s to denote a form of theater where the audience was more engaged than in traditional theater, analogizing to boxing matches, where spectators could smoke while viewing the entertainment.
 * http://books.google.com.sg/books?id=FmAue-VUMmYC&pg=PA221&dq=smoker's+theater#v=onepage&q=smoker's%20theater&f=false
 * http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~huangyingjie/Fall05/Rickels/Epic_Theater_and_Peking_Opera.pdf
 * http://books.google.com.sg/books?id=qmAQFj4ffRgC&pg=PA55&dq=smoker's+theater#v=onepage&q=smoker's%20theater&f=false