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0521816661 - The Victorian Clown - by Jacky Bratton and Ann Featherstone
Index
A’Beckett 6
Aberavon 113
accidents, railway 210
actors 118
Acts of Parliament
Army Enlistment and Regulations Act 1870 and 1871 161 n.7
Education Act (First) 191
Land Act, 1870 207
Adams, C. (musician) 49
Adams, Charles (equestrian clown) 48, 52, 63, 69, 106
Adams, Sergeant (lawyer) 132
Adams’s Circus 63 n.72
Adrian, Le Petit see Le Petit Adrian
Aldridge, Ira 77
Alford
Windmill Inn paddock 147 n.1
Allen, F. 174
Allen, William (bandmaster and musical director) 113, 127, 140
All Fours (card game) 177 n.18
Almar, George 111 n.165
Amye’s Mechanical Exhibition 18
Anderson, John Henry ‘Wizard of the North’ 140
animal tamers 13
animals
dogs 100, 101, 250–3
fox 100
monkey 89–91, 100
shows
Buckley’s Performing Birds 18
Coxwain Terry’s Crocodile 18
Ashbourne 15
Aspatria 88, 90, 91
Astley, Philip 12, 78 n.101, 95 n.134
Astley’s, see theatres, London
Atkins (comedian) 64
audiences
addressed directly 160, 164
army officers in 70
complicity in humour 151
Eton boys 70
and Lawrence’s text 153–4
autobiography 33
Bailey, Thomas Haynes
Mistletoe Bough 242
Bailey, Tom (circus bandsman) 94, 95
Ball’s Midgets 18
Barber, Brocklehurst (tenor vocalist) 118
Barlow (actor) 64
Barnard Castle 16, 92, 93
Barnes, Arthur 106
Bartholomew Fair 78 n.101
Barry, Tom Snr 10
Bath 189
Batty, J. 61
Batty, W. 61
Batty’s Circus 23, 45 n.20, 54 n.49, 63, 140 n.234
Beacham, Richard 44
Bedford, Paul 141, 142, 143
Beeton, Mrs
Everyday Cookery 227 n.68
Belfast
Alhambra Music Hall 207
Belloc, Hilaire
Cautionary Tales (1907) 241
Belper 15
Bentley, Richard 34
Bibb, Mr and Mrs 143
Birmingham 29, 63, 79, 80, 81, 122 n.191
Bull Ring 64
Bishop, Henry 242
Blackdimond, North Wales 14
blackface minstrelsy, see also songs, minstrel 150, 152, 244
Christie minstrels 201 n.45
Blackpool 24
Blanchard 6
Blanchard, L. 207
Blight’s Dogs and Monkeys Show 14
Blizard, Mr (architect) 23, 26, 127
Boswell, James (Shakespearean clown) 188, 240
Bourne, Harry 123
Boxing booth 116
Boyle, Ann see Nunn, Mr and Mrs
Boyle, Captain 140
Bradbury, Robert 6
Bradford 22, 23 n.33, 99, 100, 138, 140
Bermondsey Hotel 140 n.239
London Music Hall 140 n.239
Oddfellows’ Hall, Thornton Road 140 n.235
Sun Inn, Ivegate 138
Bridges, Mr and Mrs Anthony O’Neil 141
Bridges, Selim (equestrian) 67, 69
Brighton 71, 74, 78
Bristow, James 100
Broadfoot, William 47, 63–7, 101, 103
Broadsides 150, 152
Broom, Johnny 78
Buckley’s Performing Birds 18
Buckstone, John Baldwin 77, 119 n.189
Burnett’s 18
Cambridge 116
Cambridge, Massachusetts 246
Canada
Fenian activity in 207
capital punishment 169
Parliamentary Select Committee on 169 n.13
card games see names of individual games
Carey, Henry 167
Carl Manges’ Royal Pavilion Portable Theatre 32
Carpenter, J. 208
Carroll, Lewis
‘The Walrus and the Carpenter’ 179 n.24
Cassidy, Jim 97, 99
Catnach 130 n.209, 152
Chamberlain, Rev. G. 137
Charity Organisation Society 231 n.78
Chart (Chartre), Miss (equestrienne) 47, 60
Cheltenham 23, 26, 62, 105, 109, 126 n.199, 131, 153, 243, 246, 247, 248
Claren Street 127
Clarence Boarding House 127 n.201
The Fleece 128
St Matthew’s Church 127 n.201
Cheltenham Looker-On 127 n.203, 130 n.209, 131 n.211
Chester 14, 109, 118, 132, 135, 136, 137 n.225
Minshull and Hughes, Eastgate Row 136
The Roodee 118
Chester-le-Street 96
(John) Chittock’s Dog and Monkey Circus 14
cholera 73, 76
Chorley 25 n.42
Cibber, Colley 205
circus 153
see also animals, horses, individual circus companies, individual towns
architecture 12, 26, 27, 29
promenade 106
ring doors 114
ring fence 49
audience 122
buildings 22, 24, 26, 28
Birmingham 63
Birmingham, Ryan’s Circus 29, 62, 82
Brighton 60
Cheltenham 23, 26
Dundee, Sanger’s Amphitheatre 29
Halifax, Riding School 100
Leeds, Pablo Fanque’s Circus, King Charles Croft 26, 58
collapse, 1848 58
Leicester, Amphitheatre 23, 53
Liverpool, Hengler’s, Dale Street 62, 141, 143
London, Lambeth Baths 77
Plymouth, Cooke’s Circus 26, 105, 110
Sheffield, Amphitheatre, 56
Shrewsbury, Ryan’s Circus 62
clown, see clown
community 22
dramas 27, 71see also dramas
entry into town, see parade
fines 89, 114, 122, 126
horses, 6, 7 n.6 see also horses
hostility towards 117
josser 22
importance of 24
monkey see animals, Frowde, James and animals
outsiders 122
attitude towards 22
parade 19, 89, 90, 93, 96, 104
penny circus 74
performances 56 n.56, 87
prejudice against 117
programme 15
respectability 12, 17, 89, 126
scenery 114
tent 25
tenting 24, 103–4, 110ff, 117, 119, 127
tentmaster 25
tentmen 25
tilt 49
Clark, Henri 244
Clarke, Charles S. (composer) 207
Clarke, John (equestrian, clown and proprietor) 77
Clarke’s Equestrian Circus 101 n.150
Clifton, Harry 185, 191, 201
Close, Rev. Francis (Dean) 126
clown
act 7, 148, 149
American rodeo 148
appearance 132
burlesque 149
circus 6
clown entrée 7, 50 n.34
costume 5, 6
definition of 4
first appearance of 4
grotesque 4, 5, 8
history 4, 5, 6
make-up 5
names of
Jack Pudding 5
Merry Andrew 5
physical skills required 149
purpose of 147
relationship with audience 7, 203
respectability of 10
role 6, 7 n.6, 8, 147, 202
Shakespearean 153, 154, 168, 186
talking clown 8
theatrical
Bradbury, Robert 6
Flexmore, Richard 6
Hartland, Frederick 6
Leno, Dan 6
Matthews, Tom 6
tumbling clown 8
Coleman, Mr, (equestrian) 23, 206
Collard, Harry 207
Collins, Mr (musician) 113
comedian, stand-up 150, 165, 182, 203
commedia dell’arte 5
Compton, Henry 77
concert rooms 105
Connor, Harry 106
Cooke, Alfred 106, 107
as Shaw the Lifeguardsman 107
Cooke, Emily (equestrienne) 108
Cooke, Henry (tightrope walker) 114, 127
Cooke, J. 127
Cooke, James 87
Cooke, John Henry 108
Cooke, William 48, 77, 105, 107, 108 n.161
Cooke’s Circus 63 n.72, 105
Cooke’s Circus, Plymouth 26, 105, 110
Cooke’s Circus, Yarmouth 140 n.237
Cooper, Tommy 180
Copeland, Misses 142
Copeland, William Robert (nickname ‘Old Bath’) 142, 143
Cork, Ireland 209
Coventry 74, 79
Cowell, Sam 123 n.195, 128, 130 n.209, 152
Cramer 248
Cremorne Gardens 116
Cribb 177 n.18
Crimean War 122
Crouch, George 207
Croueste’s Circus 17 n.19
D’Almaine and Co. 207
Dangerfield, Miss 62
Darlington 93
Davis, ‘Nicked Finger’ 128
Dawson, Les 180
Delmonico 13
De Marr, Jim 35 n.61
Derby 22, 60, 117–18, 131, 139
Lecture Hall 139
Dewhurst (clown)
Taglioni dance 149
Diamond, Harry 208
Dibdin, Charles Jnr 6
Dickens, Charles 33, 125, 138, 139
David Copperfield 125
Hard Times 78 n.101
Nicholas Nickleby 126 n.198
The Old Curiosity Shop 72
Dilke, Sir Charles 222
Dodd, Ken 151
domestic animal shows 14
Douglass’s Portable Theatre 31
Dover 113
Dover Telegraph 113 n.171
dramas
The Afghan War 101, 111–12
Battle of Waterloo 48, 70
Bold Robin Hood 126 n.199, 130 n.210
Cinderella 47, 59, 67
The Corsican Brothers 248
The Cruel Uncle, or The Usurping Monarch 250
Dick Turpin 47, 51, 52, 53–4, 64–7, 68, 101
Dog Piece 250
The Heights of Alma 124, 125
Jane Shore 150, 239
The London Merchant 250
Mazeppa 134, 135, 136
The Merry Millers 83, 99, 100
The Murderer’s Doom 250
Richard III 95
Robinson Crusoe, burlesque 249
St George and the Dragon 47, 71, 87
A School for Scandal 250
The Stag Hunt 86
Timour the Tartar 47, 71, 109, 115
The Tomb of Sigismond; or, the Murderer’s Doom 250 n.95
Tom, Jerry and Logic 101 n.150
drum 94
Drury, Mr 116
Dublin 153
Gaiety Theatre 207
Molly Malone, legend of 246
Ducrow, Andrew 47, 63 n.73, 78 n.101, 84, 94, 95 n.134
Dudley 25 n.43
Duff and Stewart 207
Dundee 29, 209 n.52
Durham 96
Earlestown 14
Earl, John 77 n.97
Eaton, Peter 136, 137
Edward IV 240
Edwards, Edward (clown) 101, 127, 130 n.210
Egan, Pierce
Life in London (1820) 101 n.150
Eliot, George
Middlemarch 157
Emanuel, Emanuel 41 n.3
English Giant Youth 20
Era 105, 206 n.48, 211 n.54
Etches, Mr and Mrs 60
Exeter 110, 111 n.166
fairs 16ff, 77
Barnet Fair 17
Birmingham Onion Fair 17
Coventry Fair 47, 60, 61
Nottingham Goose Fair 18 n.20, 19
Henley Fair 23
Hull Fair 18
Knott Mill Fair, Manchester 14, 17
Leeds Fair 101
Newark Fair 47
North Shields Fair 89
Portsmouth Charter Fair 41, 42
railways, importance of excursions 17
shows 18, 19, 42
sites 24
Tombland Fair, Norwich 115
Faulkner, Tommy 139
Findlater, Richard 5, 34
fit-up theatre 20
Flexmore, Richard 6
Foottitt, George 206 n.48
Foottitt’s Allied Circus 31, 206 n.48, 209 n.52, 237 n.80
Foottitt’s Circus 23, 205, 209, 211 n.54
Forman, Edward 246
France 160 n.6
Francis Brothers and Day 246
Franconi, Bastien 81 n.110
Franconi’s Cirque 81
Franco-Prussian War 209 n.51
Franklin, Sir John 228
Franks, James W. 45, 87, 116, 117, 118
free and easy 73, 77, 185
Frodsham 14
Frost, Thomas 149 n.3
Frowde, George 40, 44, 45, 48, 133
Frowde, Georgina Henrietta (née Hengler) 30
Frowde, Harry 75
Frowde, James 4
acting 68, 83, 100, 101–3, 119, 134
and animals
donkey 128
monkeys, Jimmy the monkey 83, 88, 89–91, 94–8
appearance xii, 72, 79, 80, 81, 128, 130
audiences 80, 83, 100, 101, 103, 106, 108, 110, 114, 118, 119, 120, 122, 125, 127, 130–1, 132, 136, 140, 152
benefit 117, 118, 122, 126, 131, 134
chair balancing 105, 106, 107, 130
childhood 41ff
visit to Richardson’s booth 43
churchman 104, 117, 133
Cirque Modele 94, 100, 110
clown 82, 84, 93, 95, 101, 106, 107, 109, 114, 119, 131, 132, 133
comic equilibrist 7
on champagne bottles 101, 102, 137, 149, 228
contortionist 7, 30, 67, 70, 72, 74, 75, 80, 84, 98, 105, 106, 149
duties in the circus 58, 82, 83, 85, 99, 104, 106, 111
equestrian 98, 109
fined 115, 116, 124, 126
first dramatic appearance 53
friendships with hunting fraternity 128, 130
friendships with military 110, 112, 118, 119, 122, 123, 124, 125–6, 233
freemason 116
genealogy 30
hardships suffered by 79, 85, 100
Hengler’s Circus 8
history 8, 30, 40
injuries 99, 109–10, 135
lack of horsemanship 49–51, 53, 69, 83, 149
local appeal 130, 136, 152
marriage 110
memoirs, physical appearance of 8, 30, 111
midnight performance 121
overindulgence 123, 124, 137
popularity 130, 131, 132, 133 see also audiences
posturing, see contortionist
practical joker 85, 95, 121, 122, 124
refreshment business 55
relationship with father 40, 45, 46, 51, 75, 78, 83, 86, 104
rope-walker 114
singer 20, 128, 152
smokes his first cigar 90
smokes clay pipe 125–6
violence against 58, 60, 61, 68, 69
wages 116, 126
wholesome humour 133, 138
Frowde, James Snr 30, 60, 75, 78, 83, 86
Fuller (clown) 75, 79
gaff 74, 75, 77
Gagbook, Thomas Lawrence’s
composition of 149
physical appearance of xiii, 239
purpose 240
scope of 150
uniqueness of 147
verbosity 150
gagbooks 35
gags, see wheezes
Gee, Joe 242, 243, 246, 247, 248 n.94, 250
‘General’ Tom Thumb 13
Gilbert, W. S. 153, 249
Gladstone, W. 154, 159, 161 n.7, 207
Glossop 20
Gloucester 61
Wildman’s Ground 61
Griffith, G. D. (Ted) 127, 128
Grimaldi, Joseph 5, 10, 242
autobiography 33
Guest, John 174
Guildford 70, 74
Guiseppe [Gussepie] 211
Guiseppe, Mdlle 211 n.54
Halifax 100, 101, 103, 130
Linen Halls 100
Riding School 100
Hall, Mrs (wardrobe keeper) 48, 53
Haltwhistle 70, 87, 88
Hannon, J. 78 n.104
Hartland, Frederick 6
Haydon Bridge 70, 87
Hemmings, Henry (clown) 94 n.129, 106
Hemmings, Professor 76, 77
Henderson, Mrs 78
Henderson, John 45, 47, 70, 71, 73, 78, 79, 109, 121, 122, 126
Hengler family 12, 30, 35
Agnes Selina 45
(Frederick) Charles (the Gov. or Govr.) 16, 30, 44, 45 n.18, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 53, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61, 65, 67, 69, 71, 72, 74, 78 n.102, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 92, 93, 96, 97, 100, 101, 103, 104, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 119, 121, 122, 123, 125, 126, 128, 130, 131, 132, 134, 135, 136, 138
Edward 45, 48, 61, 67, 68, 69, 84, 87, 93, 95, 101 n.151, 137
Eliza Ann 41, 44
Fanny 128
Georgiana Henrietta 40
Henrietta Frances 45 n.18
Henry Michael (grandfather), rope-dancer 40, 44 n.17, 45, 47, 50, 68, 134, 135
Jenny 74
Jno. (John Michael) 25 n.41, 44, 47, 48, 50, 52, 58, 68, 69, 95, 99, 112, 114, 121, 122, 131
Mary Ann (Sprake), wife of (Frederick) Charles (Aunt Charles) 51, 59, 61, 67, 81, 87, 91, 99, 104, 111, 134, 135
marriage with Cooke and Powell families 30
Sarah (equestrienne and pyrotechnist) 44
Susannah Jane (Susie) 48, 59, 68, 81, 83
Hengler’s Circus 26, 27, 48
Cheltenham 105–6
Exeter 110, 111 n.166
Hull 108 n.162
Liverpool, Dale Street 142
Linforth Road, Portsea, Portsmouth 123, 126
fire in 126
tenting 110 passim
Sheffield 94 n.129
Henry, A. (circus manager, ringmaster) 133
Hernandez, James 109, 120
history 4, 5, 6
Hodson, Joe
Jane Shore, versions of 240
Hodson’s Portable Theatre 35
Hogg, Mr (manager of Landport Theatre, Portsmouth) 69
Hood, Tom 44
Hopwood and Crew 244
horses 112
in the circus 6, 98
named
Alfred 70
Battleaxe 70, 87
Dolphin 48
Firefly 134
Jack 64
Johnny 53, 64, 66, 67
Judy Mare 48, 92, 93
Lincoln 64
Sir Quattro 70
Spot, mare 48, 112
Spot, trick pony 48
Stargazer 48
Tommy 62
Wellington 48, 52
Hoyle, J. 140
Huddersfield 63 n.72
Hughes’s Circus 54 n.49
Hughes, Edwin 140 n.234
Hughes, Mrs Sarah Ann 140 n.234
Hull 18
humour
attitude to women 152, passim
British
national stereotypes 199
burlesque 167
of acting styles 172
of melodrama 193
of romantic language 168, 214–16
of tragic performance 188, 193
double entendre 165, 168, 190, 196, 211
grotesque 151, 152, 168, 203–5, 232, 243
ironic 201–2
literary 205
local 214
parody 173, 182
physical 151, 165–7, 170, 180–1, 186–7, 193, 211, 213, 250–3
slapstick 152
undercutting 151, 160, 162, 222–3
Hungarian Revolution 1848 138 n.229
Hunt, G. W. 244
Ilkeston 15
Illustrated London News 134
Ipswich 31
Ireland 206 n.48, 230
agrarian offences, punishment of 207
Alhambra Music Hall, Belfast 207
Gaiety Theatre, Dublin 207
Home Rule 207, 211
O’Connell, Daniel 211
Jackson, Chatteris 106
Jackson, Edmund (clown) 81 n.110, 86
Jameson, Thomas 106
Jerrold, Douglas 138 n.228, 141, 142
Mrs Caudle’s Lectures 137 n.223
Jimmy the drummer 111
John Audley 112 n.167
John Orderly see John Audley
Johnson’s Circus 18
joke book, see Gagbook
jokes, see wheezes
Joseph Holloway’s Portable Theatre 64 n.74
Joyce, Dr (homeopath) 133, 134
Judd (publican) 79
Judge and Jury entertainment 80
Kean, Charles 119 n.189
Kean, Edmund 77 n.100
Keith, Charles 15 n.16, 25, 49 n.32, 52 n.44
Circus Life and Amusements 34, 35, 78 n.101, 84, 90 n.124, 130 n.210
Kelly, [Aunt] 67
Kemp’s Midgets 18
Kempe 4
Kipling, Rudyard
Barrack-Room Ballads 235
Kirby Stephen 91, 92
Knight, Charles
edition of Shakespeare’s plays 138
Kossuth, Lajos 138 n.229
Kotzebue see Thompson, Benjamin
Lady Godiva 62
Lashwood, George 244
Latimer’s Portable Theatre 31
Lauri, Jno. 142
Lauri family 142 n.247
Lawrence, Thomas
childhood 208
clown 148
Gagbook 35–6
physical appearance xiii
Great Allied Theatre 31
history 31
wheezes, see wheezes
Lee, Tom 45
Leeds 56, 90, 101
King Charles Croft 58
Lee, Jim 115
Leicester 22, 54, 55
Leigh, Henry S 248
Lemon, Mark 138 n.228
Leno, Dan 6, 10
Hyss Booke 34
Le Petit Adrian, clown 90, 97, 113
Leslie, Henry 244
Levey, W. C. 207
Lewes 25 n.41, 74
Leybourne, George 64 n.75
licensing 69
Lichfield 17
Liverpool 23, 110, 205, 206, 209, 211, 222, 237, 238
Castle Street 141
Hengler’s Grand Cirque Variete, Dale Street 141
London
see also theatres, London
Blackfriars Bridge 77
Blackfriars Road 73
Coal Hole 80 n.109
Cyder Cellars 80 n.109
Garrick’s Head 80 n.109
Lambeth Square 75
Mile End Road 20
New Cut 74, 75, 79
Oakley Street 75
Westminster Road 75
Lord, Mr (lawyer) 69
Macarte, Mme Marie (equestrienne) 74, 81
McCarthy, Mrs see Macarte, Mme Marie
Maccomo 13
Mace, James (pugilist) 116
Mackett, W. (equestrian) 70
Mackney 168
Macready, William Charles 119 n.189
Madame Hartley, the Armless Lady 20
The Magnet 34
Manchester 14, 206
Manley’s Chinese Circus 31
Marshall, Fred 130
Marx, Harpo 181 n.29
Matthews, Tom 6, 10
Mayer, David 7 n.6
Mayhew, Henry 10, 73, 123 n.195
Maynard (actor, Brighton Theatre) 71
Melihil la Geisy, Bill (political orator) 122
melodrama 162, 250
acting style 172
burlesque of 193, 250
Gothic 193
Melton Mowbray 51
menageries 13
Batty’s Menagerie 47
J. Batty’s Wild Beast Show 61
Day’s Menagerie 13
Day’s Crystal Palace Menagerie 14
Sedgwick’s Menagerie 18
Wombwell’s 18
Wombwell’s No. 16
Wombwell’s Royal Menagerie 14
Menken, Ada Isaacs 134 n.217
Messiners 133
Mikado, The
‘Tit-willow’ 241
microhistory 32
Miller, Max 152
Minasi, Carlo 244
Modbury 110
Moffat (manager) 78
Moffat, Alfred (elephant trainer) 84 n.115
Moffatt, Richard (Dick) 74, 78
monkeys 95
Jimmy 88–91, 95
Mary 96–8
Monkhouse, Bob 35 n.62
Mons. Maus’ Circus 25 n.43, 31
Moore, Hannah 191
Moreton, Mr see Morton, Mr
Morning Herald 153
Morris, William
The Earthly Paradise 201
Morton, Mr 111
motto song 161, 191, 201
Mullett’s (tent show) 14
music
industry 152
music hall 8, 10, 73, 123 n.195, 150, 153, 168, 182, 192, 207
comedians 192
songs 152, 153, 219, 224, 243, 244
musicians 19, 58, 65, 66, 83, 90, 93, 95, 113, 127, 152
see also individual instruments
anecdotes about 94, 95
vanity of 94
Mystic Swing, The 18
Napoleon III 195
Navy, British 160 n.6
Nelson, Arthur 140
Neville, Henry 141
Newark 51
Newbald 248
Newcastle 23
Newcastle upon Tyne 86, 87
Newcombe, John Riley 119
Newman, Paul 208
Newsome’s Circus 83 n.113
Nice, George 209, 237, 239
Nicholson, Renton 80 n.109
New Cut 74, 75
Norfolk dumplings 116
Norman, Tom 18
Norman’s Varieties 18
North, Mr 139
North Shields 85, 86, 89
Norwich 115
market 116
Norwich Mercury 115
Nottingham 15, 17, 18, 20, 31, 58, 122
Nottingham Guardian 186 n.31
Nunn, Mr Jack and Mrs Ann (née Boyle) 140
O’Connell, Daniel 211
O’Connor, Rev. W. A. 137
Odd Fellows 116, 118
O’Hara, Mr (architect) 25 n.41, 62, 74, 138
Onslow, Mrs 135
Ophicleide 94
Owens 133
Oxford 67, 68
Pablo Fanque 56, 58, 81 n.110
Pablo Fanque’s Circus 63 n.72, 117
Pablo Fanque’s Circus, Leeds 26, 58
Palmer, Alfred (equestrian) 48, 92
pantomime 10
Parish, George (rope-dancer) 70
Parrish’s Theatrical Booth 140 n.237
‘Paterson, Peter’ 20, 148, 151, 153, 189
Patmore, Coventry
Angel in the House 163
Peacock, Alderman 136
Peacock, Jno. 136, 137
Peterborough 104
Petersfield 69
Pinders’ Circus 15
Planche 6
Pleasure gardens see individual names
Plymouth 23, 45, 105, 106, 110, 119
Plymouth, Devonport and Stonehouse Herald 119 n.189
Poker 177 n.18
Polaski, Jean 54, 59
popular entertainment see free and easy, gaff, Judge and Jury entertainment, music hall, portable theatre, prizefighting, public houses, theatres
portable theatre 7, 20ff, 23 n.33, 31, 61
Carl Manges’ Royal Pavilion Portable Theatre 32
Douglass’s Portable Theatre 31
Hodson’s Portable Theatre 35
Joseph Holloway’s Portable Theatre 64 n.74
Latimer’s Portable Theatre 31
Portsea 123 n.194
St John’s Church 123 n.194
Portsmouth 22, 30, 41, 42, 69, 70, 73, 74, 93, 109, 123, 127
The Barracks, High Street 125
The Fountain, High Street 125
High Street 42
Linforth Road 123
Lion Gate Road 123 n.194
Market 42
The Parade 42, 123
Perry Street 42
Russell Terrace 69
St George’s Square 124
Waterworks Lane 44
Weston’s 124
Potts, Mr 136
Powell, Eliza, (née Hengler), wife of William 83, 91, 101, 103, 104
accident at Haydon Bridge 87
Powell, William 41 n.2, 45, 54, 59, 83, 88, 101, 104
Powell, W. Henry 48
Powell and Clarke’s Circus 206 n.48
Powell, Foottit and Clarke’s Circus 147 n.1, 206 n.48
Powell, Foottitt and Clarke’s Great Allied Circus 15, 31
Preston 206
prizefighting 78
Prussia, William of 195
public houses
freak exhibition 20
museums 20
used by professionals 74, 79
Punch 137 n.223, 138, 153, 182
Purchase’s North British Waxwork 19
put (card game) 177
Quaglieni’s Circus 206 n.48, 209 n.52
Quaglieni’s Italian Circus 31
Race, Sydney 17 n.19, 18, 19
Radford and Chappell’s Ghost Show 18
railway 17
accidents 210
Raleigh, Sir Walter 230
Ramsgate 114
Ranelagh Gardens 116 n.180
Reade, Charles
It’s Never Too Late to Mend 252
Renyden, Prince 122
Richard III 240
Richardson’s Booth 42
Riddles 211
Ring cage 13 n.10
Rio de Janeiro 140
Risley performer, see Hemmings, Professor
Rivers, R. L. (strong man) 52, 71, 100
Robson, Frederick 70 n.84, 123 n.195
Root, G. F. 201 n.45
Rorke, Kate Miss 44 n.15
Rose, George 249
Ross 138
Rourke, Mr 44
Rouseby, Mr 116
Rowe, Nicholas
Jane Shore 240
Royal Commission of Inquiry, 1867 160 n.5
Rugby 15, 73, 78, 105
Russell, Henry 106
Ryan, James 29, 58, 62, 84, 94, 99, 101
Ryan, James Jnr 8, 82, 83, 84, 85, 95, 98, 100
Ryan, Susannah (equestrienne) 84, 122
Sanger, Messrs 29
Sanger, ‘Lord’ George 23, 89
Sanger’s Circus 94 n.130
Scottish Giantess 20
Seal, David Abbey 48
Seal, William B. (clown) 86
Sedgwick’s Menagerie 18
Seven Up 177 n.18
Shakespeare
dramatist 4, 150, 193, 228
plays
Henry VIII 142 n.247
Merchant of Venice 205
Othello 77 n.100, 179 n.22
Richard II 182
Richard III 95, 205
The Tempest 193
Twelfth Night 168, 187 n.33, 211
quotations from 187
Shakespearean clown, see clown
Shalders, William (actor and scenic artist) 70
Shaw the Lifeguardsman
effectiveness of 107
Sheffield 56
Shelford 69
ships, names of
HMS Arab 140
Tiger, warship 124
showmanship 20
Simson, Mr (musician) 90
Simson, Mr (manager Theatre Royal Birmingham) 63, 65
Sketchley, Arthur 249
Skerrett, J. 140
Skerritt, Mr 140 n.235
Sleary, Mr see Dickens, Charles
Sloman, Charles 143
Smith, E. T. 130 n.210
song culture 152–3
songs 150
audience participation in 244
broadsides 152, 242, 253
children’s 240–2
comic 8
drawing-room song 254
drinking song 254
individual titles
‘Billy Barlow’ 123, 130, 152
‘Cockles and Mussels’ 153, 246–7
‘The Dear Emerald Isle’ 207
‘The Derby Ram’ 204, 242
‘Erin Dear Erin’ 207
‘The Fellow That Looks Like Me’ 152, 243
‘The Fellow the Image of Me’ 244
‘Fustian Jacket’ 174–6
‘Learn to Know Thy Self’ 247
‘Mistletoe Bough’ 242
‘Molly Malone’ 246
‘Old Joe’s Ghost’ 242
‘Poor Little Too’ 241–2
‘The Ratcatcher’s Daughter’ 128
‘The Rhino’ 254
‘The Robin’ 241
‘Sally Come up’ 204 n.46
Sally in our Alley 167
‘There’s Another Fellow Looks Like Me’ 244
‘Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the boys are marching’ 201 n.45
‘The Twin Brothers, a song of mystery’ 248
‘Villikins and his Dinah’ 123
‘Which Is Which’ 248
‘Work Boys Work’ 201
minstrel 201 n.45, 204, 242
motto song 161, 185, 191, 201
music hall 152, 153, 167 n.11, 207, 219, 224, 243, 244
traditional 174, 203, 223, 242
tunes
Johnny Sands 248
The Keel Row 254
Mistletoe Bough 242
Spencer, Earl 160 n.6
Spooke, Rebecca 117
Sprake, Mary Ann Frances 48
Stamford 48
Stonette, Charles (Shakespearean clown) 73, 77, 81
Stourbridge 78
street entertainment 153
Sunderland 97, 99, 100, 105
Swallow, John 25 n.42
Swann, Tom (equestrian and clown) 48, 52, 55
Sydney, Harry 168
Taglioni, Mme 119 n.189, 149
Tanner’s (tent show) 14
Tarleton 4
Taylor, Billy 45
Teasdale, Harvey 34
tent shows 14
Thatcher, Mrs 87
theatres 153
London
Adelphi 141 n.244
Astley’s 10, 47, 54 n.49, 63 n.73, 74, 75, 101 n.151, 113 n.170, 120, 124 n.197, 130 n.210, 132 n.214, 188, 240
Astley’s Halfpenny Hatch 27
Covent Garden 77 n.100
Drury Lane 5, 187, 207
Haymarket 141 n.244
Olympic 70 n.84, 123 n.195, 130, 149 n.3
Rotunda, Blackfriars Road 10, 73, 77
Sadler’s Wells 5
Surrey Theatre 73
Victoria 73
outside London
Birmingham, Theatre Royal 26, 47, 63
Bradford, Old Theatre Royal Duke Street, aka Liver Theatre 99 n.143, 140 n.239
Bradford, Royal Alexandra Theatre, Manningham Lane 140 n.233
Brighton, Theatre Royal 47, 71
Liverpool, Amphitheatre 142
Liverpool, Theatre Royal 142
Plymouth, Theatre Royal 23, 26, 119
Portsmouth 48, 126
Portsmouth, Landport Theatre, back of Russell Terrace 69
Thompson, Benjamin
The Stranger 187 n.34
Thomson, Mr 63
Thorne, James (clown and vaulter) 113 n.170, 114
Thurland, Rev. J. E. 137
Tim Bobbin 139
Tom, Jerry and Logic 101 n.150
Toole, J. L. 141, 142
Tottenham 250
Tournaire’s Circus 54 n.49
Towsen, John 152
Trades Union Congress 160 n.5
Transfield’s Circus 94 n.130
travelling shows 12
see also domestic animal shows, individual names, menageries, tent shows, waxworks
Tuby, Roger 24
Turkey 138 n.229
Ulverston 95
Underwood, Col. and Mrs 114
Usher, Dicky 140 n.237
Uttoxeter 15
Vance, Alfred 64 n.75
Vauxhall Gardens 116 n.180
Vokes, William 115
Volunteers, Army 160
Wadbrook’s Ghost Show 18
Wales 112
Wall’s Ghost Show 19
Wallace, Nellie 152
Wallett, W. F. 45 n.20, 47, 51 n.37, 54–5, 56, 58, 58 n.59, 60, 63 n.73, 80 n.108, 127, 128, 138, 139, 140, 150, 153, 189
‘Fools’ speech 186
Shakespearean clown 186
The Public Life of W. F. Wallett, the Queen’s Jester 34, 46 n.24, 120
Warrington 14
waxworks
see Purchase’s North British Waxwork
Webster, Ben 141, 142
Wells, John (equestrian and circus proprietor) 78
West, Captain 128
West Bromwich 23, 62–3, 80
West Hartlepool 14
Westminster, Marquis of 136, 137
Wharton, Madame 62
wheezes
literary parody 153
suggested by layout 229, 240
with a partner 169, 236
with ringmaster 157 passim
sexuality, attitude to 151–2
silent routine 180
timing, importance of 163, 230
titles (where given)
‘ABC’ 157
‘Almanack’ 224
‘Blacksmith’s Daughter’ 203, 243
‘Bottles’ 228
‘Boots’ 232
‘Brave Men’ 220
‘Buss. for Tight Rope’ 180
‘Catching Fleas’ 171
‘Children’ 225
‘Conundrums’ 211
‘Cutler’s Shop’ 171
‘Dogs’ 166
‘Erin Dear Erin’ 207
‘Fools’ 186
‘Fun Fun’ 198
‘A Game of Cards’ 208
‘Gentlemen’ 212
‘God Bless Those Poor Souls’ 185
‘Hard Times’ 232
‘Horses’ 229
‘Jane and Walter’ 223
‘Ladies Like Sugar’ 221
‘Leg of Mutton’ 226
‘Love’ 216
‘Love Letters’ 217
‘Man Woman’ 162
‘Mankind is like a pack of cards’ 208 n.50
‘Matrimony’ 165
‘Nothing’ 219
‘Old England’ 222
‘On Ages’ 237
‘Pack of Cards’ 177
‘Poetry’ 191, 214, 218
‘Policemen’ 182
‘Potatoes’ 230
‘Raffle’ 236
‘Railway Alphabet’ 210
‘Rash Man’ 188
‘Rifles’ 233
‘Sayings’ 202
‘Shakespeare’ 205
‘Shaving’ 196
‘Soldiers’ 235
‘Sweethearts’ 178
‘’Tis Sweet’ 192
‘Tragedy’ 193
‘Travelling’ 227
‘Wants Money’ 160
‘Watches’ 213
‘Welcome Little Stranger’ 189
‘What’s Trumps?’ 208 n.50
‘Wishing’ 194
‘The Word Fast’ 239
‘The Word If’ 237
‘Work Boys Work’ 201
topics
America 171
appearance 174
army 158, 233, 235
drill 233–4
flogging 154, 157, 159
volunteers 154, 157, 160, 233
boots 232
cabbage 169
card game 177, 208–9
childbirth 214, 215
children 189, 225–6
class 185
class hostility 212
class oppression 154
dogs 166–8
drinking 185, 199
drunkenness 161, 224
England 171
English 162
exploration 227
factory owners 172
fishing 169
food 169, 178–9, 182, 183, 185, 192, 204, 226–7
fools 186–8
French 162
horses 229
husbands 200
industriousness 185–6, 191, 201–2
Ireland 171, 206 n.48, 207, 210–12
Irish 162
kleptomania 157, 159
lawyers 172, 196
liberty 171
local joke 214, 217
love 162, 168, 169, 179, 216, 223
magistrate 177, 213
married love 162, 164, 223
marriage 162, 163, 164, 165, 169, 183, 190, 195, 212, 223, 224
melodrama, burlesque of 193–4
men 164, 165, 168, 170, 172
mock auctions 157
misogyny 165, 178–80, 182–3, 196–8, 203, 218, 237
money 160, 161–2, 165, 170, 171, 178, 194
national stereotypes 199
patriotism 154, 158, 171, 172, 221, 222
policeman 154, 167, 172, 173, 182–4, 213, 214, 215, 220, 228, 229, 232, 233
politics 159, 191, 194
potato 169, 230
poverty 171, 173, 213, 232
Prince Albert 213
Queen Victoria 159, 177, 213
railways 157, 159, 172, 210–11
sailors 154, 157, 162, 167
Scots 162
Shakespeare 205–6
shaving 189, 196
soldiers 154, 157, 162, 167, 182, 220, 233–5
trades unions 160
tragedy, burlesque of 193
travelling 178, 227
violence
and policemen 213
towards women 205
wealth 171, 172, 173, 191, 195, 201, 213
weather 224–5
wife 162, 164, 165, 168, 170, 191
women 164, 165, 167, 169, 172, 178, 182, 183, 194, 197, 200, 203, 218, 219, 221, 224, 227, 232
appearance 164, 172, 203–5
violence towards 204
workhouse 171
working class 171, 232, 235
working man 154, 165, 173, 174, 185–6, 201, 216
tragic performance, burlesque of 188
Whitehead, Charles 34
Wild, James [John] 63, 140
Wild, Sam 23 n.33, 63 n.72, 99 n.143, 140 n.234
Wild, Sarah Ann see Hughes, Mrs Sarah Ann 140 n.234
Wild’s Portable Theatre 140 n.234
Wildman Edward and Frederick 61 n.66
Wiles, David 4
Wilks, Thomas 33
Williams’ Fine Art Exhibition 18
Wimbledon Common 160
Windsor 70
Wombwell’s Menagerie 18, 42
Worcester 174
Worksop 15
Wright, Edward 141, 142
Yarmouth 55, 140
York 74, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 92
St George’s Field 83 n.113
Windmill Inn 83 n.113
Yorkston, James 246
Young, Mrs 87
Young Hernandez, see Hernandez, James
Young Pablo 56
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