Performing Arts · Circus, Magic & Variety
A topic within Circus, Magic & Variety, itself one of 8 topics in that field and part of Performing Arts.
2 works
Thomas Frost
Traces the circus from Astley's riding school through its acrobats, clowns and menagerie acts, arguing the form grew by continually absorbing other popular entertainments rather than one line of descent.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Isaac J. Greenwood
Documents the earliest American circuses from ship manifests, playbills and newspaper notices, arguing the American circus grew out of travelling equestrian shows rather than being imported wholesale from Europe.
165 pageslink checked 17 Sept 2026