One of the most colorful breed of men in 19th-century circusdom was the press agent, whose duty w...

Burnt Cork and Tambourines includes the seminal 'Early History of Negro Minstrelsy,' by Col. T. A...

The culmination of more than thirty years of research, Olympians of the Sawdust Circle is an atte...

Joseph Blackburn, a clown who juggled on horseback, took a professional trip to England in 1838, ...

This modern comedy highlights the clash between Denver Littlefield, a history professor at a Cali...

The articles that form this volume are compiled from the pages of the New York Clipper. Covering ...

'Chilly Billy' was the nickname of circus mogul William Washington Cole, the chief rival of P. T....

This is a second collection of 20 essays serialized in the 'New York Clipper' between 1868-69 und...

This is a second collection of 20 essays serialized in the New York Clipper between 1868-69 under...

The Greenes were representative of a class of journeymen actors, who received but little attentio...

Includes the seminal 'Early History of Negro Minstrelsy,' by Col. T. Allston Brown, together with...

The Broadway of the 1860s in New York City began at Bowling Green at the southern tip of Manhatta...

Originally serialized in the New York Clipper, T. Allston Brown's history of circus and arena per...

Well-known theatre and circus historian William L. Slout here collects together 29 first-hand acc...

William L. Slout, entertainment historian par excellence, here provides five fascinating essays o...

Covering the years 1870-75, this history celebrates the introduction of P. T. Barnum into circus ...

The Greenes were representative of a class of journeymen actors, who received but little attentio...

James A. Bailey and P. T. Barnum first joined forces to produce a double show in 1881--a royal co...

This is the story of the survival of American circuses throughout one of the most perilous period...

William L. Slout, circus historian par excellence, here provides six essays on the development of...

Joseph Blackburn, a clown who juggled on horseback, took a professional trip to England in 1838, ...

In this adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,' Wil...

The articles that form this volume are compiled from the pages of the New York Clipper. Covering ...

The culmination of more than thirty years of research, Olympians of the Sawdust Circle is an atte...

These recollections of New York theatre life from the 1830s-1850s are selected from 'Reminiscence...