Circus

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550225297Author A W StencellFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 774g

Extraordinary images of the circus in its heyday, from the rediscovered great American photographer This elegant new volume showcases the rediscovered work of the great American photographer Frederick W. Glasier (1866-1950), who made extraordinary...

The nineteenth century saw the American circus move from a reviled and rejected form of entertainment to the "Greatest Show on Earth." Circus Life by Micah D. Childress looks at this transition from the perspective of the people who owned and worked in...

Ringlingville USA is the story of seven brothers who started with next to nothing and became the most famous circus family ever known. This is an extensively illustrated history with many never before published photographs. This history of the Ringling...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840681604Author Jack HunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Creation BooksPublisher Creation BooksWeight(grams) 380g

Mark St Leon presents a comprehensive, entertaining and visually stunning history of circus in Australia. His interest was sparked by his insatiable curiosity about his own familys celebrated past in Australian circus.In Circus- The Australian Story,...

The intimacy of the one-ring circus produced the classic clown routines that flourished until the mid-twentieth century and then disappeared with the rise of the grand circus. They have been lost until now. By seeking out the little band of surviving...

In the mid-1800s, inveterate showman/salesman P. T. Barnum introduced a real-life Tom Thumb and spawned a huge movement of midget exhibits. Little people were paraded en masse throughout Europe and the New World, earning fame and fortune as the central...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578410845Author Thom WallFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Modern Vaudeville PressPublisher Modern Vaudeville PressWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm)...

A thrilling behind-the-scenes biography of the Ringling brothers' chief henchman.Art Concello wasn't born into the circus. But he was in the right place at the right time, becoming one of the world's best trapeze artists before transforming himself into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958604021Author Steve WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Modern Vaudeville PressPublisher Modern Vaudeville PressWeight(grams) 435gDimensions(mm)...

A dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book, part of the bestselling Drama Games series, offering 80 games and exercises to explore the fundamental concepts of clowning and physical comedy, encourage playfulness, curiosity and collaboration, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733971232Author Sam VealeFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Modern Vaudeville PressPublisher Modern Vaudeville PressWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm)...

A staple of American popular culture during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the freak show seemed to vanish after the Second World War. But as Rachel Adams reveals in Sideshow U.S.A., images of the freak show, with its combination of the...

Richard Pochinko (1946-89) played a pioneering role in North American clown theater through the creation of an original pedagogy synthesizing modern European and indigenous Native American techniques. In Clown Through Mask, Veronica Coburn and onetime...

Costumes designed and made for devised or physical drama, for contemporary circus or for dance, differ radically from the more traditional costume work produced for naturalistic performance. For those working in the field - whether professional or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733971270Author Steve WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Modern Vaudeville PressPublisher Modern Vaudeville PressWeight(grams) 467gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060527020Author Bruce FeilerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

It was during the Victorian era that the circus, whose origins lay in the fairground world, emerged as a commercialized entertainment that we would recognize today. This development was intricately tied to a widespread demand for circus acts by a broad...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907611629Author Ton KurstjensFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Paragon PublishingPublisher Paragon PublishingWeight(grams) 250gDimensions(mm) 140mm *...

The Routledge Circus Studies Reader offers an absorbing critical introduction to this diverse and emerging field. It brings together the work of over 30 scholars in this discipline, including Janet Davis, Helen Stoddart and Peta Tait, to highlight and...

The lives of circus artists can be mentally and physically demanding. Circus Psychology: An Applied Guide to Thriving Under the Big Top is an evidence-based guide to nurturing the mental health of circus artists while enabling them to perform at the peak...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733971201Author Rupert IngaleseFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Modern Vaudeville PressPublisher Modern Vaudeville PressWeight(grams)...

* The book demonstrates how a vernacular British performance form emerged as a hybrid of forms from Afro-American and minstrel, as well as French mime and Italian commedia dell'arte roots. * Theatre history is an essential part of theatre and drama...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912675838Author Aryla PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint Aryla PublishingPublisher Aryla PublishingWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 280mm *...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780720613520Author Douglas McPhersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Peter Owen PublishersPublisher Peter Owen Publishers

Part clown manual, part storytelling and part rant - The Clown Manifesto covers the experiences, philosophies and methods of the clown performer/director/teacher Nalleslavski. A book for clowns, physical comedians, actors, musicians, jugglers,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870203749Author Mr Jerry AppsFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Wisconsin Historical Society PressPublisher Wisconsin Historical Society...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887713625Author David Lewis HammarstromFormat HardbackPage Count 290Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 558g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949642971Author Danise PayneFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Authority PublishingPublisher Authority PublishingWeight(grams) 390gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798991137300Author Deb CarsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Pure Art PressPublisher Pure Art PressWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 6mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733971294Author Thom WallFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint Modern Vaudeville PressPublisher Modern Vaudeville PressWeight(grams) 367g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733971225Author Lucy LittleFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Modern Vaudeville PressPublisher Modern Vaudeville PressWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958604281Author E MsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Modern Vaudeville PressPublisher Modern Vaudeville PressWeight(grams) 145g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958589205Author Troy TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 540Imprint Whitechapel ProductionsPublisher Whitechapel ProductionsWeight(grams) 748g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798215423936Author John WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint APS PublicationsPublisher APS PublicationsWeight(grams) 191g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958425978Author M Willson DisherFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Chosho PublishingPublisher Chosho PublishingWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737203674Author Nathan WakefieldFormat HardbackPage Count 390Imprint Outside Talker PressPublisher Outside Talker PressWeight(grams) 871g