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• John Bill Ricketts
  ...had just begun to make his mark in the United Kingdom. A former pupil of [[Charles Hughes]]—Philip Astley's rival and the founder of London's Royal Circ ...lific author of pantomimes, who had been the partner of Ricketts's mentor, Charles Hughes. Indefatigable, Ricketts opened a similar circus in New York in 1797
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• Philip Astley
  ...In 1772, one of Astley's former equestrians, the ambitious and talented [[Charles Hughes]], opened his own ''Hughes' Riding School'' not far from Astley's, o ...London after an eight-year tour of Europe. Hughes partnered with [[Charles Dibdin]], a prolific songwriter and librettist. With the help of a syndicate of Lo
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• Circus Gymnasticus
  ...of amphitheaters designed with a ring and a stage, such as those used by [[Charles Hughes]], the [[The Franconi Dynasty|Franconis]], and by Astley himself. It ...e afternoon. De Bach didn’t have the theatrical ambitions of a [[Charles Dibdin]], Hughes’s partner—which forced their competitor, Philip Astley, t
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• SHORT HISTORY OF THE CIRCUS
  ...1747-97), a former member of Astley's company. In association with Charles Dibdin, a prolific songwriter and author of pantomimes, Hughes opened a rival amph ...Ringling Brothers]], Al (1832-1916), Otto (1837-1911), Alf T. (1863-1919), Charles (1864-1926), and John (1866-1936). One year after Bailey's death in 1906, t
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• Astley's Amphitheatre
  ...Astley's first competitors, [[Charles Hughes]] (1747–1797) and [[Charles Dibdin]] (1745-1814), who opened their ''[[Royal Circus]]''—the first circus
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