HANDY CIRCUS FAMILY - HANDY CIRCUS TROUPE

Astley’s Ampitheatre from The Microcosm of London, 1808www.janeausten.co.uk
(NOT SURE, THE DATE ON THIS ONE IS RIGHT)

Philip Astley - Astley's Circus
he had a partner named Handy - Benjamin or Ben Handy

 

Astley’s Royal Amphitheatreve.torontopubliclibrary.ca

 

Astley's Circus cover 001blog.mikerendell.com

 

Astley's Circuswww.tchevalier.com
... Englishman Philip Astley stages the first modern circus in Londonlibrary.ohio.gov

 

... but astley s real triumph was identifying the circus s need for clownswww.history.uk.com

 

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  Sands & Astley's Circus posterwww.pinterest.com
  
  Philip Astley http://www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Sgt-Major-Philip-Astley ...www.fishpond.co.nz
  

  The year is 1770, the sun is shining and they're doing good business at the Three Hats Inn. This is where the best trick riders perform, all vying to outdo one another with their amazing stunts on horseback. Top of the bill today is Sgt Major Philip Astley, a Herculean figure of a man in a wig and shiny boots, who dazzles the crowd with his dare-devil acts. Astley is all smiles as he turns himself upside down in the saddle, but secretly he harbours a dream - of escaping the Three Hats and setting up on his own. Astley wants to be the impresario of England's very first circus, but will his rivals let him?

  About the Author
  
  Nell Stroud was born in 1973. Her first book, Josser, was published in 1999. She is the co-founder of Gifford's Circus, based in the Cotswolds
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  Publisher:	Short Books Ltd
  ISBN:	1904095313
  EAN:	9781904095316
  Dimensions:	19.0 x 12.0 centimetres (0.09 kg)

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  Astley's Circus poster advertising the Farewell Benefit of Mr. William Cooke, January 30th, 1860 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); colour lithograph; Victoria
  

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  Briton Philip Astley (Modern Circus’s Godfather) in 1782 was banned ...paulbower.wordpress.com
  
  Astley's Circus: Horse decked out as a ship of the line
  
  astley's advertisement 1831londonhistorians.wordpress....
  

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• Philip Astley: Father of the modern circus - Jane Austen Centrewww.janeausten.co.uk
  
  

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  ... the chief performer and eventual manager of Astley’s Amphitheatrewww.janeausten.co.uk

 

Caption	Astley's Amphitheatre, London - A scene in the circus at Batty's Amphitheatre; from Pictorial Times, 20 January 1844.
Artist	Unknown
Artwork medium	engraving

 

Miss Georgina Sanger, the well-known female horse-tamer,

at present performing at Astley's New Royal Amphitheatre

 

Advertisement for Astley's Amphitheatre, opening for the Summer Season, 8 April 1833

 

Interior of Astley's Amphitheatre in 1843