National Circus and Hippodrome

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Event National Circus and Hippodrome
Venue Fitz Roy Hotel, West Maitland, NSW
First Date 25 April 1855
Last Date 28 April 1855
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Performances consisted of horsemanship, leaping, somersaults, slack rope, balancing, tossing a cannonball weighing forty pounds, clowns and jest. Performances on the 25th for benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Melville, 26th for Mr. James Robinson, 27th for Mr. Charles Devere, 28th for Broder Cones. The Monkey, Emperor Nicholas, performs every evening.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Circus
Further Information Positively only four nights, due to commitments to perform in Black Creek on the 30th and 1st, and Singleton on the 2nd.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper The Maitland Mercury
Mapping Hunter Project
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 86838