The Hanlon Brothers: From Daredevil Acrobatics to Spectacle Pantomime, 1833-1931

Index

169 Index Abato, Sheila 159 Abbey, Henry Edwin 89 Abbey’s Park Street Theatre, New York 76, 78, 87, 89, 93, 100, 133 Academy of Music: Chicago 125; Cleveland 129; New York 18, 125, 129, 146, 148 acrobatics 1, 6, 15–16, 20, 23–5, 30, 34, 46, 48, 64, 68, 77–78, 86, 89, 93, 99 Adams, George H. 94, 122, 156 Adams, W. Davenport 112–13 Adelphi Theatre: Edinburgh 9; London 9 adultery 67, 93 aerial demonstrations 1, 7, 9, 16, 18, 22–25, 27–9, 32, 40–41, 44–45, 51, 89, 136, 148 aeropatacians 28 Africa 6 Agoust, Henri 22–23, 28, 35, 40, 46–47, 51, 53, 57, 62–63, 71–76, 88, 153–54 Agoust, Louise 74 Aladdin 66 Albany, New York 85, 104, 120, 127 Alhambra Theatre, London 39–42 American Theatre, San Francisco 21 Animal Crackers 65 Annals of the New York Stage 79 Antonio Brothers’ Circus 9 Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia 104–5 Arctic Circle 117 Argentina 22, 144 Ashton and Donovan 9 Asia 6 Aspinwall 12 Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre, London 7, 14–15 Athenaeum, Manchester, England 7, 9 Atlanta, Georgia 130 Australia 6, 11 Austria 114 Aykroyd, Dan 95 Azella 23 Bagatelle, 54 Bailey, George F. 12 Bairstow, John 120 balancing globes 28, 73 Baldwin Theatre, San Francisco 106–8 Baleine, La 37, 147 Balloon Wedding, The 23–24, 28 Baltimore, Maryland 23, 33, 104–5, 110, 120, 127, 144 Banville, Théodore de 2, 38, 48, 55, 59 Barber of Seville, The 99 Barcelona, Spain 10, 142 Barnum and Bailey Circus 135 Barrett, Lawrence 89 170 index Battle of Bull Run 17–18 Baum, Frank 124 Belasco, David 106 Belgium 9 Belle Lorette 54 Belushi, John 95 benefit 9, 22, 28, 133 Berlin, Germany 74 Bertrand, Nicolas 35, 54 Bishopsgate, England 70 Black Crook, The 159 Black Raven of the Tombs, The 78 Blackton, Stuart 135 Blondin, Charles 33, 40, 146 Bloomingdale Road, New York 39 Blue-Eyed Susan 155 Blues Brothers, The 95 Blum, Ernest 54–56, 65, 88 Boeuf Enragé, Le 37, 146 Bombay, India 14 Bonn, Germany 57, 62 Booth, Edwin 89 Boston 15, 33, 84, 104–5, 109–11, 119–20, 129–30 Boston Theatre 15, 84, 109, 122, 143 Boulevard du Temple, Paris 35, 147 Bowdoin College 27 Bowery Theatre, New York 18 Bradford, England 70 Brady, Mathew 18, 144 Brazil 22, 40, 144 Brooklyn, New York 84, 103–4, 109–10 Brooklyn Superbas 125 Brooklyn Theatre 83–84 Brown, T. Allston 16, 28, 33, 68–70, 82– 83, 85–87, 105–7, 109–10, 114, 143–44, 146, 152, 154–58 Brussels, Belgium 56, 83, 88 Bryant’s Minstrels 24 Buffalo, New York 104 Bugs Bunny 147 Buislay, Julio 73, 153 Buislay Family 73 Byrne Brothers 114–15, 159 Cadiz, Spain 42 Cairo, Illinois 120 Calcutta, India 14 California 21–22, 105–6 calisthenics 25 Canada 28, 109 Carleton, William 131 Carmen Up to Date 155 Carmody, Patrick 24, 42, 45 Carné, Marcel 147 Carousel Antiques, Cohasset, Massachusetts 160 Carrey, Jim 95 Cascades du Diable, Les 47, 50–51, 53, 150 Cathedral of Manchester, Manchester, England 141 centrifugal tourniquets 28 Champion Gymnasts of America 28 Chanfrau, Frank 23 Chapeau Magique, Le 33 Chaplin, Charlie 95, 135 Charini and Nicolo Circus 12 Charles XII 9 chase scene 95–96, 98 Cher 159 Chicago, 22, 72, 104, 106, 120, 130 Chili 11, 14 Christian Science 127 Cincinnati, 17, 22, 28, 30, 69, 72–73, 109– 11, 120 Cinderella 73–74 circus 2, 12, 14, 16, 38, 75, 113, 135 circus freaks 122 Cirque Ciniselli, Moscow, 44, 46 Cirque Napoleon, Paris 12 Civil War, American 17, 21, 26–28, 79, 88, 106 Cleveland, 109, 120, 129–30 Clinton, Iowa 149 Cohasset, Massachusetts 1, 89, 104, 110, 115, 117–22, 125, 129–30, 133–34, 137, 147, 159–60 Cohasset Historical Society, Cohasset, Massachusetts 159–60 coitus interruptus 67 Columbian Exposition 125 Columbus, Christopher 125–26 Columbus Circle 134 index 171 Comedy of Errors, The 99 Commedia dell’Arte 79, 99, 152, 154, 156, 166 Confusion 108–9, 158 Connecticut 117, 131 Cooke, William 14–15 Cooke’s Royal Amphitheatre 14, 77, 102, 143 Cops 10, 95 Corwey, Ferry 135 Cos Cob, Connecticut 117, 120, 161 Cosmopolitan Theatre, New York 101 Courtaine, Harry 21 Cowell, Sam 143 Cowells, Mrs. Sam 17, 143–44 Crane, William H. 89 Cuba 11–12, 143 Cutler...