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A’Beckett 6 shows Aberavon 113 Buckley’s Performing Birds18 accidents, railway210 Coxwain Terry’s Crocodile18 actors 118 Ashbourne 15 Acts of Parliament Aspatria 88, 90, 91 Army Enlistment and Regulations Astley, Philip12 , 78 n. 101, 95 n.134 Act 1870 and 1871 161 n. 7 Astley’s, see theatres, London Education Act (First)191 Atkins (comedian) 64 Land Act,1870 207 audiences Adams, C. (musician)49 addressed directly 160, 164 Adams, Charles (equestrian clown)48 , army officers in 70 52 , 63, 69 , 106 complicity in humour 151 Adams, Sergeant (lawyer)132 Eton boys 70 Adams’s Circus63 n.72 and Lawrence’s text 153–4 Adrian, Le Petitsee Le Petit Adrian autobiography 33 Aldridge, Ira77 Alford Bailey, Thomas Haynes Windmill Inn paddock147 n. 1 Mistletoe Bough 242 Allen, F.174 Bailey, Tom (circus bandsman) 94, 95 Allen, William (bandmaster and Ball’s Midgets 18 musical director)113 , Barber, Brocklehurst (tenor vocalist) 118 127, 140 Barlow (actor) 64 All Fours (card game)177 n. 18 Barnard Castle 16, 92, 93 Almar, George111 n. 165 Barnes, Arthur 106 Amye’s Mechanical Exhibition18 Bartholomew Fair 78 n.101 Anderson, John Henry ‘Wizard of the Barry, Tom Snr 10 North’ 140 Bath 189 animal tamers13 Batty, J. 61 animals Batty, W. 61 dogs 100, 101, 250–3 Batty’s Circus 23, 45 n.20, 54 n.49, 63, fox 100 140 n.234 monkey 89– 91, 100 Beacham, Richard 44

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Bedford, Paul141 , 142, 143 Cambridge 116 Beeton, Mrs Cambridge, Massachusetts246 Everyday Cookery227 n.68 Canada Belfast Fenian activity in207 Alhambra Music Hall207 capital punishment169 Belloc, Hilaire Parliamentary Select Committee on Cautionary Tales( 1907) 241 169 n.13 Belper 15 card gamessee names of individual Bentley, Richard34 games Bibb, Mr and Mrs143 Carey, Henry167 Birmingham 29 , 63 , 79, 80 , 81, Carl Manges’ Royal Pavilion Portable 122 n. 191 Theatre 32 Bull Ring64 Carpenter, J.208 Bishop, Henry242 Carroll, Lewis Blackdimond, North Wales14 ‘The Walrus and the Carpenter’ blackface minstrelsy,see alsosongs , 179 n.24 minstrel 150, 152, 244 Cassidy, Jim97 , 99 Christie minstrels201 n. 45 Catnach 130 n. 209, 152 Blackpool 24 Chamberlain, Rev. G.137 Blanchard 6 Charity Organisation Society Blanchard, L.207 231 n.78 Blight’s Dogs and Monkeys Show14 Chart (Chartre), Miss (equestrienne) Blizard, Mr (architect)23 , 26, 127 47 , 60 Boswell, James (Shakespearean clown) Cheltenham 23 , 26, 62 , 105, 109, 188, 240 126 n. 199, 131, 153, 243, 246, Bourne, Harry123 247, 248 Boxing booth116 Claren Street127 Boyle, Annsee Nunn, Mr and Mrs Clarence Boarding House Boyle, Captain140 127 n.201 Bradbury, Robert6 The Fleece128 Bradford 22, 23 n. 33, 99, 100, 138, 140 St Matthew’s Church127 n.201 Bermondsey Hotel140 n. 239 Cheltenham Looker-On127 n. 203, London Music Hall140 n. 239 130 n.209, 131 n. 211 Oddfellows’ Hall, Thornton Road Chester 14 , 109, 118, 132, 135, 136, 140 n. 235 137 n.225 Sun Inn, Ivegate138 Minshull and Hughes, Eastgate Bridges, Mr and Mrs Anthony O’Neil Row 136 141 The Roodee118 Bridges, Selim (equestrian)67 , 69 Chester-le-Street 96 Brighton 71 , 74 , 78 (John) Chittock’s Dog and Monkey Bristow, James100 Circus 14 Broadfoot, William47 , 63–7 , 101, 103 cholera 73, 76 Broadsides 150, 152 Chorley 25 n. 42 Broom, Johnny78 Cibber, Colley205 Buckley’s Performing Birds18 circus 153 Buckstone, John Baldwin77 , see alsoanimals , horses,individual 119 n. 189 circus companies, individual Burnett’s 18 towns

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circus (cont.) tentmen 25 architecture 12 , 26 , 27, 29 tilt 49 promenade 106 Clark, Henri 244 ring doors114 Clarke, Charles S. (composer) 207 ring fence49 Clarke, John (equestrian, clown and audience 122 proprietor) 77 buildings 22 , 24 , 26, 28 Clarke’s Equestrian Circus 101 n.150 Birmingham 63 Clifton, Harry 185, 191, 201 Birmingham, Ryan’s Circus29 , Close, Rev. Francis (Dean) 126 62 , 82 clown Brighton 60 act 7, 148, 149 Cheltenham 23, 26 American rodeo 148 Dundee, Sanger’s Amphitheatre29 appearance 132 Halifax, Riding School100 burlesque 149 Leeds, Pablo Fanque’s Circus, King circus 6 Charles Croft26 , 58 clown entre´e 7, 50 n.34 collapse, 1848 58 costume 5, 6 Leicester, Amphitheatre23 , 53 definition of 4 Liverpool, Hengler’s, Dale Street first appearance of 4 62 , 141, 143 grotesque 4, 5, 8 London, Lambeth Baths77 history 4, 5, 6 Plymouth, Cooke’s Circus26 , make-up 5 105, 110 names of Sheffield, Amphitheatre,56 Jack Pudding 5 Shrewsbury, Ryan’s Circus62 Merry Andrew 5 clown, see clown physical skills required 149 community 22 purpose of 147 dramas 27 , 71 see alsodramas relationship with audience 7, 203 entry into town,see parade respectability of 10 fines 89, 114, 122, 126 role 6, 7 n.6, 8, 147, 202 horses, 6, 7 n.6 see alsohorses Shakespearean 153, 154, 168, 186 hostility towards117 talking clown 8 josser 22 theatrical importance of24 Bradbury, Robert 6 monkey see animals, Frowde, James Flexmore, Richard 6 and animals Hartland, Frederick 6 outsiders 122 Leno, Dan 6 attitude towards 22 Matthews, Tom 6 parade 19, 89, 90, 93, 96, 104 tumbling clown 8 penny circus 74 Coleman, Mr, (equestrian) 23, 206 performances 56 n.56, 87 Collard, Harry 207 prejudice against 117 Collins, Mr (musician) 113 programme 15 comedian, stand-up 150, 165, respectability 12, 17, 89, 126 182, 203 scenery 114 commedia dell’arte 5 tent 25 Compton, Henry 77 tenting 24, 103–4, 110ff, 117, 119, 127 concert rooms 105 tentmaster 25 Connor, Harry 106

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Cooke, Alfred 106, 107 domestic animal shows 14 as Shaw the Lifeguardsman 107 Douglass’s Portable Theatre 31 Cooke, Emily (equestrienne) 108 Dover 113 Cooke, Henry (tightrope walker) Dover Telegraph 113 n.171 114, 127 dramas Cooke, J. 127 The Afghan War 101, 111–12 Cooke, James 87 Battle of Waterloo 48, 70 Cooke, John Henry 108 Bold Robin Hood 126 n.199, Cooke, William 48, 77, 105, 107, 130 n.210 108 n.161 Cinderella 47, 59, 67 Cooke’s Circus 63 n.72, 105 The Corsican Brothers 248 Cooke’s Circus, Plymouth 26, 105, 110 The Cruel Uncle, or The Usurping Cooke’s Circus, Yarmouth 140 n.237 Monarch 250 Cooper, Tommy 180 Dick Turpin 47, 51, 52, 53–4, 64–7, Copeland, Misses 142 68, 101 Copeland, William Robert (nickname Dog Piece 250 ‘Old Bath’) 142, 143 The Heights of Alma 124, 125 Cork, Ireland 209 Jane Shore 150, 239 Coventry 74, 79 The London Merchant 250 Cowell, Sam 123 n.195, 128, Mazeppa 134, 135, 136 130 n.209, 152 The Merry Millers 83, 99, 100 Cramer 248 The Murderer’s Doom 250 Cremorne Gardens 116 Richard III 95 Cribb 177 n.18 Robinson Crusoe, burlesque 249 Crimean War 122 St George and the Dragon 47, Crouch, George 207 71, 87 Croueste’s Circus 17 n.19 A School for Scandal 250 The Stag Hunt 86 D’Almaine and Co. 207 Timour the Tartar 47, 71, 109, 115 Dangerfield, Miss 62 The Tomb of Sigismond; or, the Darlington 93 Murderer’s Doom 250 n.95 Davis, ‘Nicked Finger’ 128 Tom, Jerry and Logic 101 n.150 Dawson, Les 180 drum 94 Delmonico 13 Drury, Mr 116 De Marr, Jim 35 n.61 Dublin 153 Derby 22, 60, 117–18, 131, 139 Gaiety Theatre 207 Lecture Hall 139 Molly Malone, legend of 246 Dewhurst (clown) Ducrow, Andrew 47, 63 n.73, 78 n.101, Taglioni dance 149 84, 94, 95 n.134 Diamond, Harry 208 Dudley 25 n.43 Dibdin, Charles Jnr 6 Duff and Stewart 207 Dickens, Charles 33, 125, 138, 139 Dundee 29, 209 n.52 David Copperfield 125 Durham 96 Hard Times 78 n.101 Nicholas Nickleby 126 n.198 Earlestown 14 The Old Curiosity Shop 72 Earl, John 77 n.97 Dilke, Sir Charles 222 Eaton, Peter 136, 137 Dodd, Ken 151 Edward IV 240

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Edwards, Edward (clown) 101, 127, Frowde, Georgina Henrietta (ne´e 130 n.210 Hengler) 30 Egan, Pierce Frowde, Harry 75 Life in London (1820) 101 n.150 Frowde, James 4 Eliot, George acting 68, 83, 100, 101–3, Middlemarch 157 119, 134 Emanuel, Emanuel 41 n.3 and animals English Giant Youth 20 donkey 128 Era 105, 206 n.48, 211 n.54 monkeys, Jimmy the monkey 83, Etches, Mr and Mrs 60 88, 89–91, 94–8 Exeter 110, 111 n.166 appearance xii, 72, 79, 80, 81, 128, 130 audiences 80, 83, 100, 101, 103, 106, fairs 16ff, 77 108, 110, 114, 118, 119, 120, Barnet Fair 17 122, 125, 127, 130–1, 132, Birmingham Onion Fair 17 136, 140, 152 Coventry Fair 47, 60, 61 benefit 117, 118, 122, 126, 131, 134 Nottingham Goose Fair 18 n.20, 19 chair balancing 105, 106, 107, 130 Henley Fair 23 childhood 41ff Hull Fair 18 visit to Richardson’s booth 43 Knott Mill Fair, Manchester 14, 17 churchman 104, 117, 133 Leeds Fair 101 Cirque Modele 94, 100, 110 Newark Fair 47 clown 82, 84, 93, 95, 101, 106, 107, North Shields Fair 89 109, 114, 119, 131, 132, 133 Portsmouth Charter Fair 41, 42 comic equilibrist 7 railways, importance of excursions 17 on champagne bottles 101, 102, shows 18, 19, 42 137, 149, 228 sites 24 contortionist 7, 30, 67, 70, 72, 74, 75, Tombland Fair, Norwich 115 80, 84, 98, 105, 106, 149 Faulkner, Tommy 139 duties in the circus 58, 82, 83, 85, 99, Findlater, Richard 5, 34 104, 106, 111 fit-up theatre 20 equestrian 98, 109 Flexmore, Richard 6 fined 115, 116, 124, 126 Foottitt, George 206 n.48 first dramatic appearance 53 Foottitt’s Allied Circus 31, 206 n.48, friendships with hunting fraternity 209 n.52, 237 n.80 128, 130 Foottitt’s Circus 23, 205, 209, 211 n.54 friendships with military 110, 112, Forman, Edward 246 118, 119, 122, 123, 124, France 160 n.6 125–6, 233 Francis Brothers and Day 246 freemason 116 Franconi, Bastien 81 n.110 genealogy 30 Franconi’s Cirque 81 hardships suffered by 79, 85, 100 Franco-Prussian War 209 n.51 Hengler’s Circus 8 Franklin, Sir John 228 history 8, 30, 40 Franks, James W. 45, 87, 116, 117, 118 injuries 99, 109–10, 135 free and easy 73, 77, 185 lack of horsemanship 49–51, 53, 69, Frodsham 14 83, 149 Frost, Thomas 149 n.3 local appeal 130, 136, 152 Frowde, George 40, 44, 45, 48, 133 marriage 110

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memoirs, physical appearance of8 , Halifax 100, 101, 103, 130 30 , 111 Linen Halls 100 midnight performance121 Riding School 100 overindulgence 123, 124, 137 Hall, Mrs (wardrobe keeper) 48, 53 popularity 130, 131, 132, 133 see also Haltwhistle 70, 87, 88 audiences Hannon, J. 78 n.104 posturing, see contortionist Hartland, Frederick 6 practical joker85 , 95 , 121, Haydon Bridge 70, 87 122, 124 Hemmings, Henry (clown) 94 n.129, 106 refreshment business55 Hemmings, Professor 76, 77 relationship with father40 , 45 , 46 , 51, Henderson, Mrs 78 75 , 78 , 83, 86 , 104 Henderson, John 45, 47, 70, 71, 73, 78, rope-walker 114 79, 109, 121, 122, 126 singer 20 , 128, 152 Hengler family 12, 30, 35 smokes his first cigar90 Agnes Selina 45 smokes clay pipe125 –6 (Frederick) Charles (the Gov. or violence against58 , 60 , 61, 68 , 69 Govr.) 16, 30, 44, 45 n.18, 46, wages 116, 126 47, 48, 49, 51, 53, 55, 58, 59, wholesome humour133 , 138 60, 61, 65, 67, 69, 71, 72, 74, Frowde, James Snr30 , 60 , 75, 78 , 78 n.102, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 83 , 86 85, 87, 88, 89, 92, 93, 96, 97, Fuller (clown)75 , 79 100, 101, 103, 104, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 119, 121, 122, gaff 74 , 75, 77 123, 125, 126, 128, 130, 131, Gagbook, Thomas Lawrence’s 132, 134, 135, 136, 138 composition of149 Edward 45, 48, 61, 67, 68, 69, 84, 87, physical appearance ofxiii , 239 93, 95, 101 n.151, 137 purpose 240 Eliza Ann 41, 44 scope of150 Fanny 128 uniqueness of147 Georgiana Henrietta 40 verbosity 150 Henrietta Frances 45 n.18 gagbooks 35 Henry Michael (grandfather), rope- gags, see wheezes dancer 40, 44 n.17, 45, 47, 50, Gee, Joe 242, 243, 246, 247, 68, 134, 135 248 n.94, 250 Jenny 74 ‘General’ Tom Thumb 13 Jno. (John Michael) 25 n.41, 44, 47, Gilbert, W. S. 153, 249 48, 50, 52, 58, 68, 69, 95, 99, Gladstone, W. 154, 159, 161 n.7, 207 112, 114, 121, 122, 131 Glossop 20 Mary Ann (Sprake), wife of Gloucester 61 (Frederick) Charles (Aunt Wildman’s Ground 61 Charles) 51, 59, 61, 67, 81, 87, Griffith, G. D. (Ted) 127, 128 91, 99, 104, 111, 134, 135 Grimaldi, Joseph 5, 10, 242 marriage with Cooke and Powell autobiography 33 families 30 Guest, John 174 Sarah (equestrienne and Guildford 70, 74 pyrotechnist) 44 Guiseppe [Gussepie] 211 Susannah Jane (Susie) 48, 59, 68, Guiseppe, Mdlle 211 n.54 81, 83

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Hengler’s Circus26 , 27, 48 burlesque 167 Cheltenham 105–6 of acting styles172 Exeter 110, 111 n. 166 of melodrama193 Hull 108 n. 162 of romantic language168 , Liverpool, Dale Street142 214–16 Linforth Road, Portsea, Portsmouth of tragic performance188 , 193 123, 126 double entendre165 , 168, 190, fire in126 196, 211 tenting 110 passim grotesque 151, 152, 168, 203–5, Sheffield 94 n. 129 232, 243 Henry, A. (circus manager, ironic 201–2 ringmaster) 133 literary 205 Hernandez, James109 , 120 local 214 history 4, 5, 6 parody 173, 182 Hodson, Joe physical 151, 165–7, 170, 180 –1 , Jane Shore, versions of240 186–7, 193, 211, 213, 250–3 Hodson’s Portable Theatre35 slapstick 152 Hogg, Mr (manager of Landport undercutting 151, 160, 162, 222– 3 Theatre, Portsmouth)69 Hungarian Revolution1848 138 n. 229 Hood, Tom44 Hunt, G. W.244 Hopwood and Crew244 horses 112 Ilkeston 15 in the circus6 , 98 Illustrated London News134 named Ipswich 31 Alfred 70 Ireland 206 n. 48 , 230 Battleaxe 70, 87 agrarian offences, punishment Dolphin 48 of 207 Firefly 134 Alhambra Music Hall, Belfast207 Jack 64 Gaiety Theatre, Dublin207 Johnny 53, 64 , 66 , 67 Home Rule207 , 211 Judy Mare48 , 92, 93 O’Connell, Daniel211 Lincoln 64 Sir Quattro70 Jackson, Chatteris106 Spot, mare48 , 112 Jackson, Edmund (clown)81 n. 110, 86 Spot, trick pony48 Jameson, Thomas106 Stargazer 48 Jerrold, Douglas138 n. 228, 141, 142 Tommy 62 Mrs Caudle’s Lectures137 n. 223 Wellington 48 , 52 Jimmy the drummer111 Hoyle, J.140 John Audley112 n. 167 Huddersfield 63 n. 72 John Orderlysee John Audley Hughes’s Circus54 n. 49 Johnson’s Circus18 Hughes, Edwin140 n. 234 joke book,see Gagbook Hughes, Mrs Sarah Ann140 n.234 jokes, see wheezes Hull 18 Joseph Holloway’s Portable Theatre humour 64 n.74 attitude to women152 , passim Joyce, Dr (homeopath) 133, 134 British Judd (publican) 79 national stereotypes199 Judge and Jury entertainment 80

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Kean, Charles119 n. 189 Liverpool 23 , 110, 205, 206, 209, 211, Kean, Edmund77 n. 100 222, 237, 238 Keith, Charles15 n.16 , 25, 49 n. 32, Castle Street141 52 n. 44 Hengler’s Grand Cirque Variete, Dale Circus Life and Amusements34 , 35 , Street 141 78 n. 101, 84 , 90 n.124, London 130 n. 210 see alsotheatres, London Kelly, [Aunt]67 Blackfriars Bridge77 Kemp’s Midgets18 Blackfriars Road73 Kempe 4 Coal Hole80 n. 109 Kipling, Rudyard Cyder Cellars80 n.109 Barrack-Room Ballads235 Garrick’s Head80 n. 109 Kirby Stephen91 , 92 Lambeth Square75 Knight, Charles Mile End Road20 edition of Shakespeare’s plays138 New Cut74 , 75, 79 Kossuth, Lajos138 n. 229 Oakley Street75 Kotzebue see Thompson, Benjamin Westminster Road75 Lord, Mr (lawyer)69 Lady Godiva62 Lashwood, George244 Macarte, Mme Marie (equestrienne) Latimer’s Portable Theatre31 74 , 81 Lauri, Jno.142 McCarthy, Mrssee Macarte, Mme Marie Lauri family142 n. 247 Maccomo 13 Lawrence, Thomas Mace, James (pugilist) 116 childhood 208 Mackett, W. (equestrian) 70 clown 148 Mackney 168 Gagbook 35–6 Macready, William Charles 119 n.189 physical appearancexiii Madame Hartley, the Armless Lady 20 Great Allied Theatre31 The Magnet 34 history 31 Manchester 14, 206 wheezes, see wheezes Manley’s Chinese Circus 31 Lee, Tom45 Marshall, Fred 130 Leeds 56, 90 , 101 Marx, Harpo 181 n.29 King Charles Croft58 Matthews, Tom 6, 10 Lee, Jim115 Mayer, David 7 n.6 Leicester 22 , 54, 55 Mayhew, Henry 10, 73, 123 n.195 Leigh, Henry S248 Maynard (actor, Brighton Theatre) 71 Lemon, Mark138 n.228 Melihil la Geisy, Bill (political Leno, Dan6 , 10 orator) 122 Hyss Booke34 melodrama 162, 250 Le Petit Adrian, clown90 , acting style 172 97 , 113 burlesque of 193, 250 Leslie, Henry244 Gothic 193 Levey, W. C.207 Melton Mowbray 51 Lewes 25 n. 41, 74 menageries 13 Leybourne, George64 n. 75 Batty’s Menagerie 47 licensing 69 J. Batty’s Wild Beast Show 61 Lichfield 17 Day’s Menagerie 13

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menageries (cont.) Newark 51 Day’s Crystal Palace Menagerie14 Newbald 248 Sedgwick’s Menagerie18 Newcastle 23 Wombwell’s 18 Newcastle upon Tyne 86, 87 Wombwell’s No.16 Newcombe, John Riley 119 Wombwell’s Royal Menagerie14 Newman, Paul 208 Menken, Ada Isaacs134 n.217 Newsome’s Circus 83 n.113 Messiners 133 Nice, George 209, 237, 239 Mikado, The Nicholson, Renton 80 n.109 ‘Tit-willow’ 241 New Cut 74, 75 microhistory 32 Norfolk dumplings 116 Miller, Max152 Norman, Tom 18 Minasi, Carlo244 Norman’s Varieties 18 Modbury 110 North, Mr 139 Moffat (manager)78 North Shields 85, 86, 89 Moffat, Alfred (elephant trainer) Norwich 115 84 n. 115 market 116 Moffatt, Richard (Dick)74 , 78 Norwich Mercury 115 monkeys 95 Nottingham 15, 17, 18, 20, 31, 58, 122 Jimmy 88 –91 , 95 Nottingham Guardian 186 n.31 Mary 96 –8 Nunn, Mr Jack and Mrs Ann (ne´e Monkhouse, Bob35 n. 62 Boyle) 140 Mons. Maus’ Circus25 n. 43, 31 Moore, Hannah191 O’Connell, Daniel 211 Moreton, Mrsee Morton, Mr O’Connor, Rev. W. A. 137 Morning Herald153 Odd Fellows 116, 118 Morris, William O’Hara, Mr (architect) 25 n.41, 62, The Earthly Paradise201 74, 138 Morton, Mr111 Onslow, Mrs 135 motto song161 , 191, 201 Ophicleide 94 Mullett’s (tent show)14 Owens 133 music Oxford 67, 68 industry 152 music hall8 , 10 , 73 , 123 n. 195, 150, Pablo Fanque 56, 58, 81 n.110 153, 168, 182, 192, 207 Pablo Fanque’s Circus 63 n.72, 117 comedians 192 Pablo Fanque’s Circus, Leeds 26, 58 songs 152, 153, 219, 224, 243, 244 Palmer, Alfred (equestrian) 48, 92 musicians 19 , 58 , 65, 66 , 83 , 90, 93 , 95 , pantomime 10 113, 127, 152 Parish, George (rope-dancer) 70 see also individual instruments Parrish’s Theatrical Booth 140 n.237 anecdotes about 94, 95 ‘Paterson, Peter’ 20, 148, 151, 153, 189 vanity of 94 Patmore, Coventry Mystic Swing, The 18 Angel in the House 163 Peacock, Alderman 136 Napoleon III 195 Peacock, Jno. 136, 137 Navy, British 160 n.6 Peterborough 104 Nelson, Arthur 140 Petersfield 69 Neville, Henry 141 Pinders’ Circus 15

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Planche 6 Preston 206 Pleasure gardenssee individual names prizefighting 78 Plymouth 23 , 45 , 105, 106, 110, 119 Prussia, William of195 Plymouth, Devonport and Stonehouse public houses Herald 119 n. 189 freak exhibition20 Poker 177 n.18 museums 20 Polaski, Jean54 , 59 used by professionals74 , 79 popular entertainmentsee free and easy, Punch 137 n. 223, 138, 153, 182 gaff, Judge and Jury Purchase’s North British Waxwork19 entertainment, music hall, put (card game)177 portable theatre, prizefighting, public houses, theatres Quaglieni’s Circus206 n. 48, 209 n. 52 portable theatre7 , 20 ff, 23 n. 33, 31 , 61 Quaglieni’s Italian Circus31 Carl Manges’ Royal Pavilion Portable Theatre 32 Race, Sydney17 n.19 , 18, 19 Douglass’s Portable Theatre31 Radford and Chappell’s Ghost Hodson’s Portable Theatre35 Show 18 Joseph Holloway’s Portable Theatre railway 17 64 n. 74 accidents 210 Latimer’s Portable Theatre31 Raleigh, Sir Walter230 Portsea 123 n. 194 Ramsgate 114 St John’s Church123 n. 194 Ranelagh Gardens116 n. 180 Portsmouth 22 , 30, 41 , 42 , 69, 70 , 73 , Reade, Charles 74 , 93 , 109, 123, 127 It’s Never Too Late to Mend252 The Barracks, High Street125 Renyden, Prince122 The Fountain, High Street125 Richard III240 High Street42 Richardson’s Booth42 Linforth Road123 Riddles 211 Lion Gate Road123 n. 194 Ring cage13 n. 10 Market 42 Rio de Janeiro140 The Parade42 , 123 Risley performer,see Hemmings, Perry Street42 Professor Russell Terrace69 Rivers, R. L. (strong man) 52, 71, 100 St George’s Square124 Robson, Frederick 70 n.84, 123 n.195 Waterworks Lane44 Root, G. F. 201 n.45 Weston’s 124 Rorke, Kate Miss 44 n.15 Potts, Mr136 Rose, George 249 Powell, Eliza, ne( ´e Hengler), wife of Ross 138 William 83 , 91, 101, 103, 104 Rourke, Mr 44 accident at Haydon Bridge87 Rouseby, Mr 116 Powell, William41 n. 2, 45 , 54 , 59, 83 , Rowe, Nicholas 88 , 101, 104 Jane Shore 240 Powell, W. Henry48 Royal Commission of Inquiry, 1867 Powell and Clarke’s Circus206 n. 48 160 n.5 Powell, Foottit and Clarke’s Circus Rugby 15, 73, 78, 105 147 n. 1, 206 n. 48 Russell, Henry 106 Powell, Foottitt and Clarke’s Great Ryan, James 29, 58, 62, 84, 94, Allied Circus15 , 31 99, 101

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Ryan, James Jnr8 , 82 , 83 , 84, 85 , 95 , comic 8 98 , 100 drawing-room song 254 Ryan, Susannah (equestrienne)84 , 122 drinking song 254 individual titles Sanger, Messrs29 ‘Billy Barlow’ 123, 130, 152 Sanger, ‘Lord’ George23 , 89 ‘Cockles and Mussels’ 153, 246–7 Sanger’s Circus94 n. 130 ‘The Dear Emerald Isle’ 207 Scottish Giantess20 ‘The Derby Ram’ 204, 242 Seal, David Abbey48 ‘Erin Dear Erin’ 207 Seal, William B. (clown)86 ‘The Fellow That Looks Like Me’ Sedgwick’s Menagerie18 152, 243 Seven Up177 n.18 ‘The Fellow the Image of Me’ 244 Shakespeare ‘Fustian Jacket’ 174–6 dramatist 4 , 150, 193, 228 ‘Learn to Know Thy Self’ 247 plays ‘Mistletoe Bough’ 242 Henry VIII142 n. 247 ‘Molly Malone’ 246 Merchant of Venice205 ‘Old Joe’s Ghost’ 242 Othello 77 n. 100, 179 n. 22 ‘Poor Little Too’ 241–2 Richard II182 ‘The Ratcatcher’s Daughter’ 128 Richard III95 , 205 ‘The Rhino’ 254 The Tempest193 ‘The Robin’ 241 Twelfth Night168 , 187 n. 33, 211 ‘Sally Come up’ 204 n.46 quotations from187 Sally in our Alley 167 Shakespearean clown,see clown ‘There’s Another Fellow Looks Like Shalders, William (actor and scenic Me’ 244 artist) 70 ‘Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the boys Shaw the Lifeguardsman are marching’ 201 n.45 effectiveness of107 ‘The Twin Brothers, a song of Sheffield 56 mystery’ 248 Shelford 69 ‘Villikins and his Dinah’ 123 ships, names of ‘Which Is Which’ 248 HMS Arab 140 ‘Work Boys Work’ 201 Tiger , warship124 minstrel 201 n.45, 204, 242 showmanship 20 motto song 161, 185, 191, 201 Simson, Mr (musician)90 music hall 152, 153, 167 n.11, 207, Simson, Mr (manager Theatre Royal 219, 224, 243, 244 Birmingham) 63, 65 traditional 174, 203, 223, 242 Sketchley, Arthur249 tunes Skerrett, J.140 Johnny Sands 248 Skerritt, Mr140 n. 235 The Keel Row 254 Sleary, Mrsee Dickens, Charles Mistletoe Bough 242 Sloman, Charles 143 Spencer, Earl 160 n.6 Smith, E. T. 130 n.210 Spooke, Rebecca 117 song culture 152–3 Sprake, Mary Ann Frances 48 songs 150 Stamford 48 audience participation in 244 Stonette, Charles (Shakespearean clown) broadsides 152, 242, 253 73, 77, 81 children’s 240–2 Stourbridge 78

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street entertainment153 Portsmouth, Landport Theatre, Sunderland 97, 99 , 100, 105 back of Russell Terrace69 Swallow, John25 n.42 Thompson, Benjamin Swann, Tom (equestrian and clown)48 , The Stranger187 n. 34 52 , 55 Thomson, Mr63 Sydney, Harry168 Thorne, James (clown and vaulter) 113 n.170, 114 Taglioni, Mme119 n. 189, 149 Thurland, Rev. J. E.137 Tanner’s (tent show)14 Tim Bobbin139 Tarleton 4 Tom, Jerry and Logic101 n. 150 Taylor, Billy45 Toole, J. L.141 , 142 Teasdale, Harvey34 Tottenham 250 tent shows14 Tournaire’s Circus54 n. 49 Thatcher, Mrs87 Towsen, John152 theatres 153 Trades Union Congress160 n. 5 London Transfield’s Circus94 n. 130 Adelphi 141 n.244 travelling shows12 Astley’s 10 , 47, 54 n. 49, 63 n. 73, see alsodomestic animal shows, 74 , 75 , 101 n. 151, 113 n.170, individual names, menageries, 120, 124 n. 197, 130 n.210, tent shows, waxworks 132 n. 214, 188, 240 Tuby, Roger24 Astley’s Halfpenny Hatch27 Turkey 138 n. 229 Covent Garden77 n. 100 Drury Lane5 , 187, 207 Ulverston 95 Haymarket 141 n. 244 Underwood, Col. and Mrs114 Olympic 70 n.84 , 123 n. 195, 130, Usher, Dicky140 n. 237 149 n. 3 Uttoxeter 15 Rotunda, Blackfriars Road10 , 73 , 77 Vance, Alfred64 n. 75 Sadler’s Wells5 Vauxhall Gardens116 n. 180 Surrey Theatre73 Vokes, William115 Victoria 73 Volunteers, Army160 outside London Birmingham, Theatre Royal26 , Wadbrook’s Ghost Show18 47 , 63 Wales 112 Bradford, Old Theatre Royal Duke Wall’s Ghost Show19 Street, aka Liver Theatre Wallace, Nellie152 99 n. 143, 140 n.239 Wallett, W. F.45 n. 20, 47 , 51 n. 37 , Bradford, Royal Alexandra 54 –5, 56 , 58 , 58 n.59 , 60, Theatre, Manningham Lane 63 n. 73 , 80 n. 108, 127, 128, 140 n. 233 138, 139, 140, 150, 153, 189 Brighton, Theatre Royal ‘Fools’ speech186 47 , 71 Shakespearean clown186 Liverpool, Amphitheatre142 The Public Life of W. F. Wallett, the Liverpool, Theatre Royal142 Queen’s Jester34 , 46 n.24, 120 Plymouth, Theatre Royal23 , Warrington 14 26 , 119 waxworks Portsmouth 48, 126 see Purchase’s North British Waxwork

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Webster, Ben 141, 142 ‘On Ages’ 237 Wells, John (equestrian and circus ‘Pack of Cards’ 177 proprietor) 78 ‘Poetry’ 191, 214, 218 West, Captain 128 ‘Policemen’ 182 West Bromwich 23, 62–3, 80 ‘Potatoes’ 230 West Hartlepool 14 ‘Raffle’ 236 Westminster, Marquis of 136, 137 ‘Railway Alphabet’ 210 Wharton, Madame 62 ‘Rash Man’ 188 wheezes ‘Rifles’ 233 literary parody 153 ‘Sayings’ 202 suggested by layout 229, 240 ‘Shakespeare’ 205 with a partner 169, 236 ‘Shaving’ 196 with ringmaster 157 passim ‘Soldiers’ 235 sexuality, attitude to 151–2 ‘Sweethearts’ 178 silent routine 180 ‘’Tis Sweet’ 192 timing, importance of 163, 230 ‘Tragedy’ 193 titles (where given) ‘Travelling’ 227 ‘ABC’ 157 ‘Wants Money’ 160 ‘Almanack’ 224 ‘Watches’ 213 ‘Blacksmith’s Daughter’ 203, 243 ‘Welcome Little Stranger’ 189 ‘Bottles’ 228 ‘What’s Trumps?’ 208 n.50 ‘Boots’ 232 ‘Wishing’ 194 ‘Brave Men’ 220 ‘The Word Fast’ 239 ‘Buss. for Tight Rope’ 180 ‘The Word If’ 237 ‘Catching Fleas’ 171 ‘Work Boys Work’ 201 ‘Children’ 225 topics ‘Conundrums’ 211 America 171 ‘Cutler’s Shop’ 171 appearance 174 ‘Dogs’ 166 army 158, 233, 235 ‘Erin Dear Erin’ 207 drill 233–4 ‘Fools’ 186 flogging 154, 157, 159 ‘Fun Fun’ 198 volunteers 154, 157, 160, 233 ‘A Game of Cards’ 208 boots 232 ‘Gentlemen’ 212 cabbage 169 ‘God Bless Those Poor Souls’ 185 card game 177, 208–9 ‘Hard Times’ 232 childbirth 214, 215 ‘Horses’ 229 children 189, 225–6 ‘Jane and Walter’ 223 class 185 ‘Ladies Like Sugar’ 221 class hostility 212 ‘Leg of Mutton’ 226 class oppression 154 ‘Love’ 216 dogs 166–8 ‘Love Letters’ 217 drinking 185, 199 ‘Man Woman’ 162 drunkenness 161, 224 ‘Mankind is like a pack of cards’ England 171 208 n.50 English 162 ‘Matrimony’ 165 exploration 227 ‘Nothing’ 219 factory owners 172 ‘Old England’ 222 fishing 169

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