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  • '''John Lawson's''' Circus [http://www.johnlawsonscircus.co.uk/ www.johnlawsonscirc '''King Cole''' Circus [http://kingcolecircus.com kingcolecircus.com]
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  • ...nce has been by and large completely forgotten. Yet, from the ''Circus'' [[John Bill Ricketts]] erected in Philadelphia in 1793, to New York's ''Hippotheat - British equestrian John Bill Ricketts, who had just opened the first circus in America—in Phi
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  • ...whom little is known);in 1767, she presented him with a son, [[John Astley|John Philip Conway Astley]] (1767-1821). ...was erected in 1773 in Dublin, Ireland. The following year, Astley's son, John, had his first "benefit" there as an equestrian—at age seven. (A "ben
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  • ...gypt presented him with a group of horses; and circus luminaries such as [[John Ringling North]], [[Arturo Castilla]], [[Joseph Bouglione]], and [[Cyril Mi
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  • ...[[Big Apple Circus]] production of ''The Big Apple Circus Meets the Monkey King'', 1988-1989.
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  • ...ing of Sweden, and for the Royal Family of England, and performed for Pope John Paul II at the Vatican. They have also been seen on major television shows
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  • By 1967, [[John Ringling North]], the owner of [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]], had ...other television special, the NBC-TV production of ''My Father, The Circus King'' (1981), a portrait of Gunther as seen by his son, [[Mark Oliver Gebel]].
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  • ...the Big Apple Circus production of ''The Big Apple Circus Meets The Monkey King'' (1988) ...the Big Apple Circus production of ''The Big Apple Circus Meets The Monkey King'' (1988)
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  • ...erors Maximilian I of Mexico, Dom Pedro of Brazil, and Mitsuhito of Japan, King Rama V of Siam, an assortment of Indian Rajahs, and for various government ...and later toured with the ''Van Amburgh Circus'' of [[Lewis B. Titus]] and John June.
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  • ...ugh, England, on August 8, 1913. When Johnny reached fourteen, his father, John, decided that it was time for his son to get a job. Johnny was rather short ...industans participated in a Royal Variety Performance at the Palladium for King George V. That same year, they were featured in ''Stand Up And Sing!'', a r
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  • ...caravans and "walked about in it." Later claims in advertising state that King William IV and Queen Adelaide patronized the circus in August 1835, and it ==John Samwell or Samwells (c.1820-1883), Equestrian==
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  • ...onal newspaper announced the "Death of Britain’s Nº 1 Showman" and the "King of the Modern Circus," indicating the unrivalled position in which the show ...ircus in the world returning to London after a long hiatus! Unfortunately, John Ringling was unable to arrange shipping space for such a huge undertaking s
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  • ...ary 27, 1902, the elder of two sons of the man who would be hailed as the "King of the Modern Circus." Cyril was educated at Harrow and Cambridge, becoming ...e continent (following the disappointing news that [[The Ringling Brothers|John Ringling]] couldn’t bring over from America ''The Greatest Show On Earth'
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  • ...eanos got to Sydney and joined the King Carnival. They went north with the King Carnival, struggling all the way, but they did get good business in Rockham ...ess in the United States. As the saying goes, he "made good" in America. [[John Ringling]]’s agent, Carl Hathaway, saw the act and engaged Con for the [[
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  • ...an in 1960, playing also a wonderful series of old characters when needed. King died in 1967, and Paul Connor, a younger partner, brought some freshness an ...Cairoli_at_BTC.jpeg|thumb|right|300px|Charlie Cairoli, Little Jimmy & Paul King (c.1965)]]In 1966, he was invited to participate in the prestigious [[Gala
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  • ...West spectacular, ''Rodeo U.S.A.'', which featured the trick-roper [[Lance King]], [[David Rosaire]] and his comedy horse, and the troupe of Cossack riders ...als a constellation of great equestrians ([[The Carré Dynasty|Carré]], [[John Gindl|Gindl]], [[The Mullens Family|Mullens]], [[The Picard Troupe|Picard]]
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  • ...minent circus. They stayed there until they were offered a contract with [[King Bros. Circus]], which brought them to the United States in 1956. By then, J ...fifties. Jenda presented Bertha in the Circus World Museum show, and when John Ascuaga’s Nugget Hotel & Casino in Sparks, Nevada, purchased the elephant
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  • ...off profitably a fierce competition with the English circus king, [["Lord" John Sanger]]. ...lions, which were presented by the talented English wild animal trainer [[John Cooper]]. He later purchased four more elephants: The group became the firs
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  • ''By John V. Ward'' ...[[Charlie Cairoli|Cairolis]]. The wartime winter seasons were spent at the King's Hall Christmas Circus at [[Belle Vue Circus|Belle Vue]], Manchester, or w
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  • ...[[Carl Krone]], colleagues and admirers such as [[Jérôme Medrano]] and [[John Ringling North]], and even, four generations later, [[Bernhard Paul]]. ...tainly more attuned to his newly reached status of "Zirkus-König" (Circus King).
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