Greatest show on earth as performed over a century at Astley's (afterwards Sangert) Royal Amphitheatre of Arts, Westminster Bridge Road

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Data cronica

1937

Descrizione: CONTENTS

INTRODUCING M. WILLSON DISHER AND ASTLEY'S, By D.L. Murray;

I. SMELL OF HORSES, SUGGESTIVE OF COMING WONDERS. - Old Curiosity shop
1. Romance scented with Oranges;
2. Samson and Delilah of Islington.

II. THE VERY FIRST CIRCUS OF ALL
1. Sergeant-Major Astley;
2. Royal Circus Rivalry;
3. Twice Burned Down;
4. Horses as actors.

III. DEAR, DEAR, WHAT A PLACE IT LOOCKED, THAT ASTLEY'S. - Old curiosity shop
1. Andrew Ducrow;
2. Mazeppa, and the wild horse;
3. Queen Victoria rides in the ring;
4. Again burned down.

IV. THE ASTLEY'S OF PARIS
1. Antoine Franconi;
2. Napoleon's Circus Wars.

V. EQUESTRIAN DRAMA
1. The terrible Fitzball;
2. Shakespeare on horseback;
3. The female Mazeppa.

VI. LORD GEORGE SANGER
1. Zoological Pantomimes;
2. Battles in Tents.

VII. EPILOGUE IN PARIS
Heroines of the Haute École.

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