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ASTLEY’S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, LAMBETH : HANDBILL

ASTLEY’S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, LAMBETH : HANDBILL

Handbill from Astleys Amphitheatre, Westminster Bridge Road. Advertising the programme for Monday 27th October 1851. 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.
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Collection:LAD Cuttings and Ephemera
Image type:Print
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Ref:02101
Identifier:12/951
Date:1851

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