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  • ...|Amphithéâtre Franconi]]—the former [[Philip Astley|Amphithéâtre Astley]]—in Paris, and later in the troupe of [[Jacques Tourniaire]]. In the early 1850s, Chiarini went to work in London at [[Astley’s]], then under the direction of [[William Batty]]. It was there that C
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  • ...ynasties. Although they may never have attained the prominence of [[Philip Astley]], [[Charles Hughes]], [[Andrew Ducrow]], [[George Sanger]], and other lumi ...en touring and performing long before the creation of the circus by Philip Astley in 1770. As became the case for many itinerant performers of that era, circ
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  • ...while John Fossett and the rest of the family went on to work with [[Fred Astley]]'s Royal Circus in Scarborough, Yorkshire's very popular holiday resort&md
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