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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.

Details
Collection:	LAD Cuttings and Ephemera
Image type:	Print
Artist:
Ref:	02105
Identifier:	12/951
Date:	c.1866

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