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  • ...om—or Kingdom of Bohemia—was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.) Whether the legend is true or not, the Kludskýs eventually became a fami ...raveling entertainers from the Austro-Hungarian Empire (and the Holy Roman Empire in general) were not authorized to perform farther than Constantinople (tod
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  • ...igins—at a time when Czechoslovakia was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This first Kremo troupe was composed of Josef and his two eldest sons, Syl
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  • During a family engagement at Paris's [[Empire Music-Hall Cirque]] in November 1926, five-year-old Paulina performed a par
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  • ...Darix’s charismatic presence in the cage reminded Italians of the Roman Empire's glory: The new gladiator surrounded by his lions became a true popular st
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  • Image:Adreu_Rivels_(1925).jpg|The Andreu-Rivels at the Empire, Paris (1925)
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  • ...e of Europe’s—largest and most respected circus, and the Benneweis empire expanded beyond the boundaries of a single traveling circus.
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  • ...overnment, they became popular heroes in the waning decades of the Russian Empire. The Soviet regime, always eager to play the populist card, did not hesitat
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  • ...y opened a circus in Malmö, Sweden, in 1885. But Ernst Renz, whose circus empire was already dwindling, didn’t renew his lease after the 1888 season.
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  • ...disappointing monarchy, during which a nostalgic cult of Napoléon and the Empire had steadily grown into a popular movement—fueled in no small part by ...esident by a landslide. It then became obvious that the restoration of the Empire was lurking around the corner—and since its inception, the wily Dejea
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  • ...monumental [[Circus Busch]] in Berlin, and had reigned over a vast circus empire that included circuses in Altona, Hamburg, Breslau, and Vienna, and for a f Paula Busch’s empire now laid in ruins, and she was trying to rebuild some of it with an outdoor
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  • ...ety theaters, including the legendary [[Wintergarten]] in Berlin and the [[Empire Music-Hall Cirque]] in Paris. File:Alfred_Court_-_Empire.jpg|Alfred Court at the Empire Music-Hall Cirque (1937)
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  • ...eat Indian showmen of that period. In times, Kallan Gopalan built a circus empire that comprised, the National Circus and the Bharat Circus among others. The Notwithstanding his Marxist affinities, Shankaran expanded his business empire, becoming a partner in other circus ventures: Apollo Circus, Vahini Circus,
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  • ...ys later, he made his professional debut as the act’s top mounter at the Empire Music Hall in Middlesbrough. It was also the beginning of his apprenticeshi ...the Moss Empires from 1949 to 1956, including an engagement at the Glasgow Empire with Judy Garland in 1951.
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  • ...under German occupation. [[Circus Busch|Paula Busch]], whose German circus empire was Europe’s largest, was offered by the German authorities the running o
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  • ...ate, which allowed him to minutely oversee all aspects of life in his vast Empire. However, in spite of his petty Puritanism and his being a staunch partisan
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  • ...s would be in 1930, when the R.101 airship, on its inaugural flight of the Empire, crashed in Beauvais, France, with the loss of many lives, and Bertram Mill
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  • ...he greatest accolade of his long career: He was made Member of the British Empire (MBE). It is extremely rare for someone from the world of circus to be incl
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  • ...at long last, the first genuinely Russian circus operating in the Russian Empire! Meanwhile, the brothers were trying to expand their circus empire. In 1884, they built their second permanent circus in Minsk. It passed unde
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  • ...British pantomimes: ''Dick Whittington on Ice'' in 1950-51 at the Wembley Empire Pool (the first of many ice shows in which they would work), then ''Robinso
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  • ...Gymnasticus in Vienna, and spent the rest of the year touring the Austrian Empire, the German states and the Italian kingdoms, with an occasional foray into
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