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Cambridge University Press 0521816661 - The Victorian Clown Jacky Bratton and Ann Featherstone Index More information D Index D 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 44 260 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521816661 - The Victorian Clown Jacky Bratton and Ann Featherstone Index More information Index 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 261 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521816661 - The Victorian Clown Jacky Bratton and Ann Featherstone Index More information Index 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 106 262 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521816661 - The Victorian Clown Jacky Bratton and Ann Featherstone Index More information Index 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 240 263 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521816661 - The Victorian Clown Jacky Bratton and Ann Featherstone Index More information Index 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.