Philip Astley: A Very Brief History Of The Circus

The man was known as a drunk who after one fall had his face everywhere. The attraction of comedy and stupidity all in one, one that was in life and death, one that will later find him frozen in water. The story in where entertainment was given for the sake of fame, leaping is all he did and it gained him a crowed, one were those growing up hoped to become, and one where those wanted to have the same courage as he did. I’m surprised he didn’t add his whole family to the circus. He was Unmarried, no children, just a drunk who leaped for fame and got put in the newspaper for it. Lets not forget also cash, for the

The late 1800s and early 1900s saw the creation of the first amusement parks in the United States, resulting from the ability to create mechanical rides due to the industrial revolution sweeping the country. This activity was primarily localized in the state of New York, along the boardwalk of Coney Island, Brooklyn.

Circus performers are people of great courage. They have to make a living out of entertaining people that pay good money to watch them and want to get their money's worth. They have a lot of pressure from that, as well as peer pressure from their fellow performers. Not only do they have pressure from that, they have to worry about the very acts being preformed from playing with swords and fire to hanging from a wire hundreds of feet in the air. If their not focused on what they are doing, they can be killed in a instant.

The Circus Maximus began with the Valley of Murcia being used much as it is today. A small stream which ran off the Tiber river would dry enough to race around the banks. The natural rise of the land on the sides of the valley allowed spectators to sit. It was not until King Romulus created the first raised wooden seating that the Circus Maximus as we picture it was

During this time period, there was little to no regulation of the circus crew or the animals. This was the situation in a Water for Elephants. To top it all off, the show was owned and operated by a money hungry and cruel person, who would do anything to save money such as not paying the workers, not feeding the workers, not giving the exotic animals proper care and the list goes on. But in the circus, the audience seem to buy into the performer's deceptions. The audience is completely oblivious and are deceived by this circus, but in reality the circus is not as perfect as they make it

In the 1900s, circuses were extremely popular and prevalent in the west. During the downfall of the circus industry, “wealthy industrialists and professionals who loved the circus formed the Circus Fans Associations…whose motto, “We fight anything that fights the circus,” summed up its philosophy” (Pfening 24). Ironically, it is proven that “the last twenty-five years of the nineteenth century was the apogee [or the climax] of the American circus” (Pfening 5). People were attracted to the charismatic spirit of the circus during the anguish and despair that came along with the Great Depression.

History of Theatrical Syndicate The origin of the theatrical syndicate had come to be in early 1896, when six men had gathered together for a lunch and had all came out with an idea to how they would be able to control the booking of the top theatrical attractions of the U.S. The six men had called this act in which they where trying to make come to life as the Theatrical Syndicate. Within just a couple of weeks of this lunch meeting that the 6 men had they ended up using all of their theatres in which they had either represented or owned, and put each one of their theatres into a national chain. In the early twentieth centuries in order for the syndicate to take control of the of the major cities, they all came to the conclusion that first

The feats he forced his animals to do were dangerous, yet incredibly exciting. Barnum trained one of his horses, Salamander, to leap through fiery hoops, an undertaking that had never before been attempted. Historians claim that Barnum “embellished the traditional circus parade… [with] caged animals, clowns, acrobats, a horse-drawn calliope, and beauty carved

According The Wall Street Journal” … Cirque du Soleil, the Canadian company that redefined the dynamics of a declining circus industry in the 1980s. Under conventional strategy analysis, the circus industry was a loser. Star performers had “supplier power” over the company. Alternative forms of entertainment, from sporting events to home entertainment systems, were relatively inexpensive and on the rise. Moreover, animal rights groups were putting increased pressure on circuses for their treatment of animals.” (Murray, 2014) A new era was created transforming the concept of what is a circus today. As the Wall Street Journal described, “Cirque du Soleil eliminated the animals and reduced the importance of individual stars. It created a new form of entertainment that combined dance, music and athletic skill to appeal to an upscale adult audience that had abandoned the traditional circus. (Murray, 2014)

The Circus Maximus, located in the Vallis Murcia (valley between the Aventine and Palatine hills) in Rome, was an ancient hippodrome and mass entertainment venue for the citizens of Rome. The Circus Maximus was first utilised for public games and entertainment by the Etruscan kings of Rome. The first games of the Ludi Romani (Roman Games) were staged there under the rule of Tarquinius Priscus, the fifth Etruscan ruler of Rome. They were in held in early September at the end of the military year. The games began with a religious ceremony that opened with what Ovid describes as “a golden procession of all the most important religious and civil authorites”. Statues of the Gods were paraded and sacrifices made before the

Circus is a travelling show that is often performed in a tent that includes trained animals, clowns , acrobats and other stunts performers. All of these performers needed to practise hard and as best as they can to make the show run smoothly , safetly and entertaining. As if they make a mistake, it could ruin their performance in any ways.

Disney was founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. Guided by Walt Disney?s imagination and willingness to take risk, he influenced

Animals have been a main focus in circus performances around the world for many centuries; however, in recent history, there have been far more regulations put on the use of these creatures, stemming mainly from how they are treated by both their trainers and the circus as a whole. Whether it be on the federal or local and state-level, there has been a definite increase in the questionable legality of America’s circus industry due to the neglect and abuse of the participating animals, courts’ decisions highlighting the true importance of the issue. These rulings make one ask the question: What types of regulations could be put in place in all circuses to ensure that the animals involved are not abused in the process? In the end, many

The Circus has been an extremely popular form of entertainment during the 20th century. The circus creates an image of drifters and dreamers in the mind. In the 20th century the emphasis on spectacle continued on 3 ring formats.

-Because of the rise of christianity in the Roman Empire, the Circus started to lose many people. There would be less people showing up the events they held, and eventually it started dying.