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File:Astley%27s_Riding_School.jpg|Astley's Amphitheatre in 1777 | File:Astley%27s_Riding_School.jpg|Astley's Amphitheatre in 1777 | ||
| + | File:Astley%27s_Façade_(1777).jpeg|Astley's Amphitheatre in 1777 | ||
File:Philip_Astley.jpg|Philip Astley (c.1800) | File:Philip_Astley.jpg|Philip Astley (c.1800) | ||
File:Astley%27s_London_Map.jpg|Astley's location on a 1802 London map | File:Astley%27s_London_Map.jpg|Astley's location on a 1802 London map | ||
File:Astley_ampitheatre_1807_2.jpg|Astley's Amphitheatre in 1807 | File:Astley_ampitheatre_1807_2.jpg|Astley's Amphitheatre in 1807 | ||
File:Astley_Ampitheatre_1807.jpg|Astley's Amphitheatre (c.1807) | File:Astley_Ampitheatre_1807.jpg|Astley's Amphitheatre (c.1807) | ||
| + | File:Astley%27s_Poster_(1813).jpg|Astley's Poster (1813) | ||
File:Astley%27s_Amphitheatre_1815.jpeg|Astley's Amphitheatre in 1815 | File:Astley%27s_Amphitheatre_1815.jpeg|Astley's Amphitheatre in 1815 | ||
File:Astley%27s_1832.jpeg|Astley's Amphitheatre in 1832 | File:Astley%27s_1832.jpeg|Astley's Amphitheatre in 1832 | ||
| + | File:Astley's_-_Van_Amburgh.jpg|Astley's Poster (1838) | ||
| + | File:Astley%27s_Bandwagon.jpg|Astley's Amphitheatre in 1841 | ||
File:Astley%27s_in_Punch_(1850).jpg|A performance at Astley's Amphitheatre in 1850 | File:Astley%27s_in_Punch_(1850).jpg|A performance at Astley's Amphitheatre in 1850 | ||
File:Astleys_Theatre.jpg|Astley's Amphitheatre (c.1850) | File:Astleys_Theatre.jpg|Astley's Amphitheatre (c.1850) | ||
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File:Astley%27s_ceiling.jpg|The new ceiling of Astley's Amphitheatre in 1858 | File:Astley%27s_ceiling.jpg|The new ceiling of Astley's Amphitheatre in 1858 | ||
File:Astley%27s_Amphitheatre_(1878).gif|Astley's Amphitheatre in 1878 | File:Astley%27s_Amphitheatre_(1878).gif|Astley's Amphitheatre in 1878 | ||
| + | File:Astley%27s_Interior.gif|Astley's Amphitheatre in 1878 | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
| − | * Biographies: [[Philip Astley]], [[John Astley]], [[Andrew Ducrow]], [[William | + | * Biographies: [[Philip Astley]], [[John Astley]], [[Andrew Ducrow]], [[William Batty]], [["Lord" George Sanger]] |
| − | + | ==Suggested Reading== | |
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| + | * Maurice Willson Disher, ''Greatest Show On Earth'' (London, G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1937) | ||
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| + | [[Category:Circuses|Astley's Amphitheatre]][[Category:History|Astley's Amphitheatre]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:50, 1 November 2021
Image Gallery
Astley's Amphitheatre in 1777
Astley's Amphitheatre in 1777
Philip Astley (c.1800)
Astley's location on a 1802 London map
Astley's Amphitheatre in 1807
Astley's Amphitheatre (c.1807)
Astley's Poster (1813)
Astley's Amphitheatre in 1815
Astley's Amphitheatre in 1832
Astley's Poster (1838)
Astley's Amphitheatre in 1841
A performance at Astley's Amphitheatre in 1850
Astley's Amphitheatre (c.1850)
The hippodramaEquestrian pantomime, often with a military subject matter, very popular in mid-nineteenth-century urban circuses. Richard III at Astley's Amphitheatre in 1856
The new ceiling of Astley's Amphitheatre in 1858
Astley's Amphitheatre in 1878
Astley's Amphitheatre in 1878
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See Also
- Biographies: Philip Astley, John Astley, Andrew Ducrow, William Batty, "Lord" George Sanger
Suggested Reading
- Maurice Willson Disher, Greatest Show On Earth (London, G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1937)
