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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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  • In 1938, Carmo had a small show at the Glasgow Empire Exhibition, and in 1939, he was back working the fairgrounds, for Pat Colli
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  • ===An Expanding Circus Empire===
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  • ...us family, they owned a small circus that traveled in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They always called Ludwig, who was born in the family’s horse-drawn livi
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  • ...o 1930; the [[Hippodrome de la Place Clichy]] from 1900 to 1907; and the [[Empire Music-Hall Cirque]] from 1924 to 1937.
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  • ...Cirque Cassuli in the nineteenth century, before the advent of the Second Empire (1852-1870). It lasted for nearly a century, closing in 1937. During all th ...with his father in law, a Mr. Delaume. Business was good during the Second Empire period, and the Cirque Cassuli built a strong audience following. Then came
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  • ...1934, he made his juggling debut in London, as a program attraction at the Empire of Leicester Square—a major movie house that had been, until 1929, a
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  • File:Adreu_Rivels_(1925).jpg|The Andreu-Rivels at Paris's ''Empire'' (1925)
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  • ...with the homonymous and contemporary circus buildings of the Busch circus empire, which was started in 1884 by [[Circus Busch|Paul Busch]]: Paul and Jakob B
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  • ...Mülhausen (today Mulhouse) in Alsace, which had become part of the German Empire after the defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71. However,
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  • ...e touring unit, while her mother oversaw what was left of the Busch circus empire. ...ory, her circus had ceased to exist after the filming in Ceylon. The Busch empire’s remaining buildings in Hamburg and Breslau had disappeared under the Al
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  • ...or which he was made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE). ...ay Daugavpils), in southwestern Latvia, which was then part of the Russian Empire. He had seven brothers and sisters.
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  • ...ily enterprise and Akim was alone at the helm, overseeing a growing circus empire with buildings in Tiflis (today Tbilisi in Georgia, which was the Nikitins
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  • ...ldingen in German), the capital of the Courland Governorate of the Russian Empire, a city that had an important Jewish population. Emil was the eldest son of ...n surprised the Odeon’s company in Kiev (Ukraine was part of the Russian Empire) in the middle of a tour. They immediately tried to organize a safer engage
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  • ...ped it all. National recognition came in Berlin, the capital of the German Empire, where Sarrasani erected a wooden construction on Schönhauser Allee for th ..., and a good opportunity for German propaganda in South America; his press empire could easily transform the tour into a major national event. Not fortuitous
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  • Vitaliy Smolyanets, ''The Lioness Empire'', lionesses and tigers attraction, at the Tver State Circus (2014)
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  • ...ival of Circus Arts in Izhevsk, Russia, with his attraction, ''The Lioness Empire'', and won the coveted Russian ''Golden Bear''. He had reached circus star
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  • ...of (today's Līvāni) in Latvia, which was then part of the of the Russian Empire; she had moved to Demidov with relatives during the First World War to stay
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  • ...e l’Impératrice’s new name after the fall of Napoléon III’s Second Empire in 1870. He would not return to the newly named Cirque National (formerly C ...ris didn’t present a big threat to Medrano, the Cirque d’Hiver and the Empire quickly became serious contenders. Medrano still had the Fratellinis, who h
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  • ...l comeback to the cage with his lioness and tiger attraction ''The Lioness Empire'' at the State Circus of Rostov-on-Don (2015)
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  • ...is were one of many old Italian circus families established in the Russian Empire prior to the Bolshevik Revolution—like the Truzzis and the Cinisellis
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  • ...March 13, 1910, in Kharkov in Ukraine, which was then part of the Russian Empire. Her father, Nikolai Bugrimov, was a professor of veterinary medicine. Her
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  • ...tch in the village of Kétegyháza, Hungary (then part of Austro-Hungarian Empire), on June 29, 1916. Located in Békés County, in southeast Hungary, Kéteg
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  • ...ng in Ljubjana (in Slovenia, which was then part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire), Austria declared war to Serbia, and four days later, Europe was at war. M
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  • ===Empire Builder=== ...and began to lay the foundations of what will be considered a true circus empire. In 1980, in association with the well-known Italian impresario Leo Wätche
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  • ...mphal debut at Prague in the Czecho-Slovakian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and then moved to Berlin, where it performed from December 21, 1845 to Apr ...the Cirque de Paris traveled to St. Petersburg, the capital of the Russian Empire, and, on October 8, 1846, opened its doors in a wooden construction built n
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  • ...us—and, of course, would have given Oskar Hoppe control of the Krone empire. ...u, Hamburg, Vienna), inherited in part from the former [[Ernst Renz|Renz]] empire, set new standards for lavish circus productions and, with the help of his
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  • ...no]] began to enjoy one of its more lucrative periods; and the brand-new [[Empire Music-Hall Cirque]] opened its doors Avenue de Wagram: The small "bonbonnie ...ne and a half months of fighting, which resulted in the fall of the Second Empire. A new Republic was immediately instituted, and a peace treaty was finally
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  • ...ms included ''El Cid'', ''55 Days at Peking'', and ''The Fall of the Roman Empire''. ...hoff with Claudia Cardinale and John Smith (1964)]]The ''Fall of the Roman Empire'' had been a very expensive flop, and Bronston thought of producing a movie
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  • ...n the places he chosed to visit. Warsaw, which was then within the Russian empire, had become a good market for him, but during a stand there, his tent was b ...rnst Renz|Franz]] (1841-1901), had succeeded him at the helm of his circus empire—which included, besides his Berlin flagship, circuses in Hamburg, Bre
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  • ...ter a short stint as a theater. Also opening its doors was the brand new [[Empire Music-Hall Cirque]], a mixture of circus and variety theater built on the m ...save the Schuberts' sinking ship. He returned to Paris to star in the new Empire Music-Hall Cirque, Avenue de Wagram.
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  • ...Bobino, the famous music-hall of Paris's Left Bank, and the fashionable [[Empire Music-Hall Cirque]], on the avenue de Wagram—a testimony to their end
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  • ...usic-halls, notably Bristol's Hippodrome and Empire theatres. In 1937, the Empire featured the celebrated troupe of performing "midgets" of John Lester (1870 ...nd the Austin brothers performed in [[Tom Arnold]] stage shows on the Moss-Empire circuit, and at [[Belle Vue International Circus]], Manchester's huge and p
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