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  • A larger-than-life character, Billy Smart (1894-1966) was born William George Smart on April 25, 1894, in a family of 23 children. His father had owned a ...aters first, then in halls such as Bingley Hall in Birmingham, and Queen's Hall in Leeds, and he rented out his animal acts to other winter shows.
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  • ...made his professional debut as the act’s top mounter at the Empire Music Hall in Middlesbrough. It was also the beginning of his apprenticeship, which wo ...lds topping the bill. Still in 1928, they performed at another great music hall, the London Coliseum (today home of the English National Opera), in a show
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  • ...ean-Marie and Carletto Cairoli worked in Christmas pantomimes and in music hall (vaudeville). In 1943, they appeared as the "Cairoli Brothers" in the movie ...egendary music hall, where the "Cairoli Brothers" had already worked) in a George Black revue titled ''If It’s Laughter You’re After''. On account of the
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  • * George Speaight, ''A History of the Circus'' (San Diego and New York, A. S. Barnes ...ough, ''Step Right Up! — The Adventure of Circus in America'' (White Hall, VA, Betterway Publications, 1990) — ISBN 1-55870-140-0
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  • ...Davenport show, she with Trude, and he with his father and siblings in the George Hanneford Family jockey act. They met again on yet another show, and Tommy ...1965, among others. Princess Tajana was also featured at Radio City Music-Hall in New York City in 1971: She had become indeed a name to conjure with.
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  • =='''George Foottit'''== ...l intents and purposes, George’s father was known, like his son, as Geo (George) Foottit (?-1874), and he had performed at Drury Lane Theatre in London as
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  • ...e trapeze artist and equestrian Baptiste Gillardoni, and the English clown George Howard. It was a small company, but the number of horses and the presence o ...rs were the three French windows of the foyer standing above the reception hall, ornamented with elegantly designed wrought-iron balustrades.
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  • '''George Carden''' (circus owner), '''Ward Hall''' (sideshow operator),
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