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Title: Theatrical and Circus Life

Author: John J. Jennings

Release date: July 24, 2015 [eBook #49517]
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Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THEATRICAL AND CIRCUS LIFE ***
TRANSFORMATION SCENE.

THEATRICAL
AND
CIRCUS LIFE;
OR,
SECRETS OF THE STAGE,
GREEN-ROOM AND SAWDUST ARENA.

EMBRACING

A HISTORY OF THE THEATRE FROM SHAKESPEARE'S TIME TO THE PRESENT DAY, AND
ABOUNDING IN ANECDOTES CONCERNING THE MOST PROMINENT ACTORS
AND ACTRESSES BEFORE THE PUBLIC;ALSO, A COMPLETE EXPOSITION
OF THE MYSTERIES OF THE STAGE, SHOWING THE MANNER IN
WHICH WONDERFUL SCENIC AND OTHER EFFECTS ARE
PRODUCED; THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF NEGRO
MINSTRELSY; THE MOST ASTONISHING TRICKS
OF MODERN MAGICIANS, AND A HISTORY
OF THE HIPPODROME, ETC., ETC.

Illustrated with Numerous Engravings and Fine Colored Plates.

By JOHN J. JENNINGS.

CHICAGO:
Globe Publishing Co.
1886.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1886, by
GLOBE PUBLISHING CO.,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.