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Description: | Handbill from Astleys Amphitheatre, Westminster Bridge Road. Advertising the programme for the Christmas pantomime.
Built in 1769 by Philip Astley, who established the first circus consisting of a variety of performers and acrobatic displays, particularly outstanding feats on horseback. The theatre was demolished in 1893 and the site is now marked by St.Thomas's Hospital. | License: | http://www.lambethlandmark.com/terms.html | Subjects: | Posters and Programmes Circuses Acting Horse Riding and Horse Shows Horses and Horse Riding Plays Theatres and Amphitheatres Advertising | Temporal: | 1850-01-01T00:00:00/1875-12-31T23:59:00 | Source: | Lambeth Landmark | Creator: | Lambeth Libraries | Identifier: | http://landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/display_p... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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