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  • ...de Lafayette), erected at the corner of Laurens Street and Grand Street by Charles W. Sandford (later General Sandford), a New York socialite, railroad lawyer ...e of the largest place of amusement in America"—built and managed by Charles Sandford (see above, "1825-25: Lafayette Circus"). Closes in 1829 after a N
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  • ...In 1772, one of Astley's former equestrians, the ambitious and talented [[Charles Hughes]], opened his own ''Hughes' Riding School'' not far from Astley's, o ...rned to London after an eight-year tour of Europe. Hughes partnered with [[Charles Dibdin]], a prolific songwriter and librettist. With the help of a syndicat
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  • ...an Director of the new Cirque Napoléon was [[The Franconi Dynasty|Adolphe Franconi]] (1800-1855), heir to France’s first and foremost circus dynasty; its Rà ...is two circuses went under the management of [[The Franconi Dynasty|Victor Franconi]] (1810-1897), Adolphe’s cousin, who had taught King Louis-Philippe’s c
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  • ...ne, had been featured in 1793 at the [[The Franconi Dynasty|Amphithéâtre Franconi]]—the former [[Philip Astley|Amphithéâtre Astley]]—in Paris, ...himself would later be known as a pupil of [[The Franconi Dynasty|Adolphe Franconi]], which was indeed an excellent reference. In time, the young Chiarini bec
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  • ...e]], on the Boulevard du Temple, when [[Louis Dejean]] took over the [[The Franconi Dynasty|Franconis]]' circus in 1835. Paul Cuzent (1812-1856) was then twent ...ormer pupil of [[Jacques Tourniaire]], [[Christoph de Bach]] and [[Laurent Franconi]], had created his own company in 1824. He was educated, flawlessly elegant
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  • ...th a ring and a stage, such as those used by [[Charles Hughes]], the [[The Franconi Dynasty|Franconis]], and by Astley himself. ...sm in the afternoon. De Bach didn’t have the theatrical ambitions of a [[Charles Dibdin]], Hughes’s partner—which forced their competitor, Philip As
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  • ...ghes]] (1747-97), a former member of Astley's company. In association with Charles Dibdin, a prolific songwriter and author of pantomimes, Hughes opened a riv ..." circus dynasty was founded by an Italian, [[The Franconi Dynasty|Antonio Franconi]]. And so on...
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  • ...s on July 26, 1851, probably out of wedlock, whom Ferdinand adopted. Louis-Charles (the future Louis Fernando, 1851-1917) was then six years old, just fifteen ...irque d’Hiver (which had by then passed under the management of [[Victor Franconi]]). The narrow peripheral ''promenoir'' ran just behind the Third Places. T
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  • ...or colleagues: Charles Hughes, John Bill Ricketts, Philip Lailson, Antonio Franconi and a few others-including Astley's own son, John Conway Astley.
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  • ...bsequently occupied by [[Antonio Franconi]], Tourniaire joined for a while Franconi’s troupe before creating his own company in 1801. Jacques Tourniaire was ...s Prater, and then to Paris, where he was furthermore taught by [[Laurent Franconi]] (1776-1849), another great equestrian master, at the [[Cirque Olympique (
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  • File:Carle_Vernet_Laurent_Franconi.jpg|Laurent Franconi (c.1800) File:Laurent_Franconi_Fireworks.jpeg|Laurent Franconi (c.1807)
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  • ...ul transformations. The ensemble that had replaced it had been designed by Charles Garnier (1825-1898), the architect of Paris’s and Monte Carlo’s flamboy ...predestined for such a project: From 1807 to 1816, it had housed the [[The Franconi Dynasty|Fanconis]]’s second [[Cirque Olympique (Paris)|Cirque Olympique]]
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