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  • ...ry. England had become a constitutional monarchy in 1688, and the spending power of the nobility had been curbed considerably. Private regiments were disapp ...obatic acts, clowns and pantomimes, but Philip Astley didn't appear on the bill in his "feats of horsemanship." At age 38, he had retired from performing a
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  • Rare have been clown trios that have held the top of the bill of the most important European circuses for such a long time. Artists of gr ...his partners efficiently. Alongside Papa Bario, who had an oversized comic power (and had originated the "pochard"—a colorful drunk—type, which
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  • ...stunt flying. Mike was on the commands when their plane accidentally lost power in a nosedive. The plane crashed, and Ron Lemus and Mike McCardell were kil ...a show he titled ''The Greatest Circus On Earth''. The Terrels shared the bill with such circus luminaries as the legendary acrobat on the Golden Bicycle,
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  • ...along with his brother Sacha. More significantly perhaps, they shared the bill with Vojtech Trubka, who presented a group of eight tigers that Paula Busch To say the least, their names seriously lacked drawing power in post-war France and a few other European countries! Cosmopolis Films, th
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  • ...l and industrial progresses of his times: Already in 1903 he used a mobile power plant, announcing in his advertising: "The first circus ever with electric ...ventually adopted by some of his competitors. Yet, following the [[Buffalo Bill’s Wild West]]’s fifth European tour in 1906, Sarrasani’s show offered
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  • ...the ring, it was always "Nikulin and Shuydin:" Yury and Mikhail shared the bill evenly and partook together in the fruits Yury's acting fame brought to the ...explained his goal as trying to 'fish love out of people' and preached the power of laughter to help people overcome suffering."
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  • ...rfei'', with a big top tent provided by [[Egidio Palmiri]]. He drew on his power of observation and a taste that his experiences abroad had matured, and app [[File:Circo_di_Mosca_Poster.jpeg|thumb|400px|right|Bill posting for ''Moira piú Circo di Mosca'' (c.1990)]]Showing a remarkable te
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  • ...ed with gas lighting in case of electrical failure: Apparently, electrical power was not deemed entirely reliable.) Solignac also designed a system to keep ''Les Joyeux Nègres'' remained on the bill until this end of the season, on June 7. The Nouveau Cirque organized sever
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