Circus Life and Circus Celebrities

Chapters

1. 0 PREFACECarrie Mae Streb 4:34
2. 1 Beginnings of the Circus in England—Tumblers and Performing Horses of the Middle Ages—Jacob Hall, the Rope-dancer—Francis Forcer and Sadler’s Wells—Vauxhall Gardens—Price’s Equestrian Performances at…MaybeCordelia 37:40
3. 2 Fortunes of the Royal Circus—Destruction of Astley’s Amphitheatre by Fire—Its Reconstruction—Second Conflagration—Astley in Paris—Burning of the Royal Circus—Erection of the Olympic Pavilion—Hengler…marisad6 28:50
4. 3 Ducrow at Covent Garden—Engagement at Astley’s—Double Acts in the circle—Ducrow at Manchester—Rapid Act on Six Horses—‘Raphael’s Dream’—Miss Woolford—Cross’s performing Elephant—O’Donnel’s Antipodean…bgkellem 19:40
5. 4 A few words about Menageries—George Wombwell—The Lion Baitings at Warwick—Atkins’s Lion and Tigress at Astley’s—A Bull-fight and a Zebra Hunt—Ducrow at the Pavilion—The Stud at Drury Lane—Letter from…MaybeCordelia 16:08
6. 5 Lions and Lion-tamers—Manchester Jack—Van Amburgh—Carter’s Feats—What is a Tiger?—Lion-driving and Tiger-fighting—Van Amburgh and the Duke of Wellington—Vaulting Competition between Price and…Sarah Rothwell 16:22
7. 6 Conversion of the Lambeth Baths into a Circus—Garlick and the Wild Beasts—Batty’s Company at the Surrey—White Conduit Gardens—Re-opening of Astley’s—Batty’s Circus on its Travels—Batty and the Sussex…Robert H. Cherny 34:01
8. 7 Hengler’s Circus—John and George Sanger—Managerial Anachronisms and Incongruities—James Hernandez—Eaton and Stone—Horses at Drury Lane—James New-some—Howes and Cushing’s Circus—George Sanger and the…Carrie Mae Streb 18:01
9. 8 Pablo Fanque—James Cooke—Pablo Fanque and the Celestials—Ludicrous affair in the Glasgow Police-court—Batty’s Transactions with Pablo Fanque—The Liverpool Amphitheatre—John Clarke—William…Sarah Rothwell 27:03
10. 9 Cremorne Gardens—The Female Blondie—Fatal Accident at Aston Park—Reproduction of the Eglinton Tournament—Newsome and Wallett—Pablo Fanque’s Circus—Equestrianism at Drury Lane—Spence Stokes—Talliott’s…MaybeCordelia 19:47
11. 10 Opening of the Holborn Amphitheatre—Friend’s Season at Astley’s—Adah Isaacs Menken—Sanger’s Company at the Agricultural Hall—The Carré Troupe at the Holborn Amphitheatre—Wandering Stars of the…Robert H. Cherny 29:41
12. 11 Reminiscences of the Henglers—The Rope-dancing Henglers at Astley’s—Circus of Price and Powell—Its Acquisition by the Henglers—Clerical Presentation to Frowde, the Clown—Circus Difficulties at…Robert H. Cherny 29:52
13. 12 The Brothers Sanger—First Appearance in London—Vicissitudes of Astley’s—Batty and Cooke—Purchase of the Theatre by the Brothers Sanger—Their Travelling Circus—The Tenting System—Barnum and the SangersRobert H. Cherny 13:47
14. 13 American Circuses—American Performers in England, and English Performers in the United States—The Cookes in America—Barnum’s Great Show—Yankee Parades—Van Amburgh’s Circus and Menagerie—Robinson’s…Carrie Mae Streb 40:51
15. 14 Reminiscences of a Gymnast—Training and Practising—A Professional Rendezvous—Circus Agencies—The First Engagement—Springthorp’s Music-hall—Newsome’s Circus—Reception in the Dressing-room—The Company…Robert H. Cherny 19:00
16. 15 Continuation of the Gymnast’s Reminiscences—A Circus on the move—Three Months at Carlisle—Performance for the Benefit of local Charities—Removal to Middlesborough—A Stockton Man’s Adventure—Journey…Robert H. Cherny 17:06
17. 16 Continuation of the Gymnast’s Reminiscences—Circus Men in Difficulties—Heavy Security for a Small Debt—The Sheriff’s Officer and the Elephant—Taking Refuge with the Lions—Another Provincial Tour—With…Robert H. Cherny 14:02
18. 17 Lions and Lion-tamers—Lorenzo and the Lions—Andros and the Lion—The Successor of Macomo—Accident in Bell and Myers’s Circus—Lion Hunting—Death of McCarthy—True Causes of Accidents with Lions and…MaybeCordelia 16:16
19. 18 Circus Slang—Its Peculiarities and Derivation—Certain Phrases used by others of the Amusing Classes—Technicalities of the Circus—The Riders and Clowns of Dickens—Sleary’s Circus—Circus Men and Women…anorris 16:52