Royal Australian Circus

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Event Royal Australian Circus
Venue Malcolm's Adelphi Hotel, Sydney, NSW
First Date 16 October 1850
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description ROYAL AUSTRALIAN EQUESTRIAN CIRCUS, AT THE ADELPHI HOTEL, YORK-STREET. OPEN EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND SATURDAY.
THE Royal Australian Circus being now completed with all the necessary accommodation to afford comfort and ease to the audience, MESSRS. LA ROSIERE AND JONES most respectfully beg to inform the inhabitants of Sydney and its vicinity, that it is their intention to open the above Theatre To-Morrow Evening. WEDNESDAY, 16th October, 1850, with well-trained Horses, when unrivalled feats of Horsemanship, never before attempted in this colony, with various other entertainments, will be
Description Source Advertisement
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Circus
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
J Clark Equestrienne
Gard Equestrienne Clown
John Jones Equestrienne
La Rosiere Equestrienne
Resources
  • Article:  The Signs of the Times, 23 November 1850, 5
Further Information Boxes, 3s. 6d. ; pit, 2s. ; gallery, 1s. Children under twelve, half-price. Doors open at 7 o'clock ; commence at half past 7 o'clock. The circus arena was at the back of the hotel. It was first used for a political public meeting on 22 July.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper Advertising (1850, October 15). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved January 6, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12921764
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 154093