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Karl Shaw joins us to talk about Mr Astley, was he really the man who invented the modern circus?
Apr 1, 2018 · Philip Astley … in 1768 drew a 13 metre (42ft) diameter ring on the ground and filled it with men and women standing on the backs of cantering horses plus clowns, jugglers and other marvels – [and thus] the modern circus was born. April 4, 2018 people 04.01.18. Previous Putting Ta-Nehisi Coates’s ‘Between The World And Me’ Onstage.
May 26, 2024 · To understand how Philip Astley came to invent the circus, we first have to look at the world he grew up in. Born in 1742 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, Astley came of age during the reign of King George III, a time of rapid social and economic change in Britain. The Industrial Revolution was just beginning to transform the country, as new ...
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The breakthrough came when he had the idea to add street performers to his act. Jugglers and acrobats had existed for centuries but only as separate performers at fairs and country shows. What really made the transition to all-round family entertainment was when Astley pioneered a “marriage” between equestrianism and clowning. Clowns had been aroun...
No wild animals were involved inside Astley’s ring. Elephants, tigers and lions had no part to play in the early circus. For Astley, it was all about demonstrating the bond between horse and man. He had a unique way of training the horses with repetition followed by reward, followed by repetition and reward, over and over again. Any disturbance to ...
In time Astley performed in the open-air arenas and built permanent sites in Dublin, Paris and as far afield as Vienna. 19 permanent circus venues were established in Europe. This family-friendly form of entertainment was developed by others and quickly spread to America, where they added the big top and introduced wild animals and a separate tent ...
Astley died in Paris on 27 January 1814 but his legacy – despite not getting the recognition it deserves – lives on in variety performances to this day. Astley gave us jugglers, clowning, acrobats and “mind-reading” animals. He gave us brilliant horsemanship; he gave us slack wire dancing and human pyramids, and and all of it could be enjoyed by yo...
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Oct 11, 2024 · The modern circus came into being in England in 1768 when Philip Astley, a former sergeant major turned trick rider, found that if he galloped in a circle while standing on his horse’s back, centrifugal and centripetal forces helped him to keep his balance. It is perhaps because of this discovery that he is often credited with having invented the circus ring, but it was in fact a device that ...
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Feb 18, 2019 · Explorations through 250 Years of British Circus. Published in association with University of Sheffield, Heritage Lottery Fund, Museums Sheffield, Sheffield, Discovery Museum and Norfolk Museums Service. (Open in a new window) Google Scholar. In 1768, a uniquely British invention created from entertainment popular in late Georgian London was born.
