Circus Life and Circus Celebrities — サーカスの生活と名人たち

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Circus Life and Circus Celebrities 1 Circus Life and Circus Celebritiesサーカスの生活と名人たち

1881 source: Strutt quotes from the seventh volume of the _Archæologia_, the following account of a

rope-flying feat performed by a Spaniard in the reign of Edward VI. ‘There was a great rope, as great as thecable of a sh…

1881年新版 p.9 (PDF 27)

Circus Life and Circus Celebrities 10Frostの叙述と第三者素材を含む段落フォルサーの時代における遊戯の性質については，ヨーロッパ雑誌に寄せられたメッセージから興味深い記述がある。

1881 source: ‘Horsemanship and New Feats of Activity. This and every Evening at six, Mr and Mrs Astley, Mrs

Griffiths, Costmethopila, and a young Gentleman, will exhibit several extraordinary feats on one, two, three, andfour ho…

1881 source: No. 1.—‘The celebrated Sobieska Clementina and Mr Hughes on Horseback will end on Monday next,

the 4th of October; until then they will display the whole of their Performances, which are allowed, by thosewho know bes…

で終わりましたサドラー・ウェルズの曲芸師レイナーが。ハーレクインの役を引き継

Circus Life and Circus Celebrities 24いだ。後者では入場料が1シリングから3シリング6ペンスまでとなり、音楽・踊り以外の演目は無料であった。

1881 source: The performances at Sadler’s Wells this year included ‘a series of varied equilibres and

posture-work, called _Le Tableau Chinois_, by Signor Bologna and his children,’ and ‘a capital display of agility onthe t…

に出演しました。当時彼女は32歳だったが、それでも男らしい顔立ちと筋肉の発達で

Circus Life and Circus Celebrities 34小さな男性に見えた。魅力的な若い女性ではなくこの国のコードエラスティックで見慣れた。しかしながら、彼女の演技は大いに感動を呼び、その後2シーズン続けて再契約された。

「自分に向かって」と言いながら車輪のようにリングを回りました。顔を平らにして

Circus Life and Circus Celebrities 41倒れ手のひらで鋸屑を集めて頭から落としたりしない。綱渡り芸人のバランスポールを先端に立たせようともしない。

1881 source: ‘George Wombwell was at very low water, and not knowing how to get his head up again, he

thought of a fight between an old lion he had sometimes called Wallace, sometimes Nero, and a dozen of mastiffdogs. Walla…

の死と巡回一座

Lions and Lion-tamers—Manchester Jack—VanAmburgh—Carter’s Feats—What is a Tiger?—Lion-driving and Tiger-fighting—Van Ambu…

_tourbillions_, in which he proved himself to be anything but a walker. He was speedily displaced by M. Leonard,

the great French rider, on two fleet steeds, who was miraculously adventurous,—“hazarding contusion of neckand spine.” A …

1881 source: ‘On this particular occasion Mr Dewhurst’s tongue will be placed on a swivel in the centre, and

black-leaded at both ends, to bring laughing into fashion.第三者の直接引用「どうして人々は私をメリマンさんと呼ぶことができるのか」顔が20箇所に裂けてる。

獣興行

Hengler’s Circus—John and George Sanger—ManagerialAnachronisms and Incongruities—James Hernandez—Eaton and Stone—Horses a…

1881年新版 p.140 (PDF 158)

Circus Life and Circus Celebrities 721851年にハイドパークで開催された国際博覧会の外国人や地方出身者が多く集まったことによる大きな利益を期待して、バティは広大な木造展示場を建設した。

1881 source: ‘Just before the clock struck eight, the time for commencement, in came my assistant, saying the

band had gone to Dover, to a permanent engagement. I ran round to the stage-door, and told Graham. He said itwas impossib…

1881 source: ‘On the first night of the piece, everything went off well until its close, when Mr Ginnett rushed

into my dressing-room, in great excitement, exclaiming, “There is that infernal woman sitting on her throne!” Iimmediatel…

によって。このような施設の曲芸師は道路からプラットフォームに昇りました。この

Circus Life and Circus Celebrities 85変化は職業の地位を高める一方でパフォーマンスの質も大きく向上させました。常にインセンティブを与えてくれます。

1881 source: ‘I don’t know whether great writers of Eastern travel would have gone to this circus; but yet it

was a strange sight. For aught that one could tell we were about to see all the mishaps of Billy Button’s journeyto Brent…

難

Reminiscences of the Henglers—The Rope-dancing Henglers atAstley’s—Circus of Price and Powell—Its Acquisition by the Heng…

1881 source: ‘The horses are beautiful and well trained, the grooms smart and natty, and the dresses of all

connected with the establishment new and tasteful. We have not space to mention a tithe of the performances,which present…

1881年新版 p.219 (PDF 237)

Circus Life and Circus Celebrities 108隊が到着する前に、テント人たちは荷車を連れて野原へ向かい、テンションを立て、リングを作り、様々な演目の準備を行う。障害物や門など全ての準備が整いました。

1881 source: ‘Among some of my novelties is a FREE FULL MENAGERIE OF WILD ANIMALS, including all, and more

than are usually seen in a travelling menagerie, which I now open to be seen by everybody, WITHOUT ANY CHARGEWHATEVER. Al…

1881 source: ‘These magnificently gilded Palaces and Dens, plated and elaborated by the most cunning artisans,

after vivid designs and gorgeous impersonations from the Dreams of Hesiod, are drawn in the Great Processionby trained El…

1881 source: Stone and Murray’s circus enjoyed, until Barnum took the field, a reputation second to none in the

Union. ‘Wherever they have been,’ says the writer already quoted, ‘they have left a good name behind them, andthey give a…

シーズンには大金が稼げるため、大きな事業者との特権を確保するためにサイド興行師

Circus Life and Circus Celebrities 124間で激しい競争がある。定期的なミンストラルの演奏や、五足牛・二頭の子牛などの怪物を展示するものもあった。

1881 source: ‘Well, we fixed our fakements up in the “ruins,” and when the evenings began to get dark we had

candles. A lot of us used to be there—Frank Berrington, and Costello, and Jemmy Lee, and Joe Welsh, and BillGeorge, and e…

1881 source: ‘We had never seen any other circus than Hengler’s, except Astley’s, and, as we did not expect to

see a theatre, we expected to find a tent. To our surprise, we found a large wooden building, well andsubstantially built…

1881 source: ‘From the company and the stud, I must return to ourselves. The twelve nights we were engaged

for, like the six at Hull, came to an end too soon; and my partner spoke to Henry, the manager, about ourCircus Life and …

た。夜間に旅をしなければならないので、私たちは通過した景色の多くを見ることが

Circus Life and Circus Celebrities 138できなかった。ヤンキースの言うとおり楽しい時間を過ごした話し合いジョーク笑いそして歌。

を去りビビアンという紳士がリングマスターに就任しました。もうひとつは若い頃か

Circus Life and Circus Celebrities 141ら知っていた変化に対するものでした。静かで紳士的な人だったサーカスの男達とは違って。早くに結婚し、女優の妻はロンドンで婚約をしていた。

1881 source: ‘When we had been in Scarborough about a month, my partner and I had a disagreement, and I left

the circus, and procured an engagement for twelve nights at the Pantheon music-hall. That completed, “theworld was all be…

1881 source: ‘“That she was sure to see you again, because you had left a heavy box in the room you occupied,”

replied his friend.Circus Life and Circus Celebrities 147第三者の直接引用「重いと思うけど、動かせなかったんじゃない？」

1881 source: ‘“The lions are getting hungry,” says the keeper. “If he lets them out of the cage, you will have to

run.”第三者の直接引用「警官たちは恐怖の目を交わし、２分でショーから出て行った。1881 source: ‘The officers exchanged frightened glances, and were out of the sh…

1881 source: ‘“Why, she is coming here,” returned the amused querist, who saw at once the cause of the young

fellow’s confusion.第三者の直接引用「どうして分かる？」と困惑した芸術家が次に尋ねた。

らが持つような狡猾さは任務を回避するかインストラクターに突っ込み。人間に優し

Circus Life and Circus Celebrities 156い生き物たちが示す喜びのある従順さと共に。展示目的で野生動物を飼育する慣習は、グタペルチャの鞭や鉄棒で殴りつけるということは秘密ではない。

生」でドラム奏者は曲芸師が美しい仲間に向けて言う「最善を尽くせ!ビールを一杯飲

Circus Life and Circus Celebrities 161んだら助かる。「プロ」は「プロフェッショナル」の略で。俳優、歌手、ダンサー、ピエロ、曲芸師などを指す言葉で。楽しいクラスの中で，受け取った給料は「スクリュー」