Did Lord George also have an amphitheatre(it's British, so it isn't amphitheater, right John?) or is this someone else's facility?
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Sanger's Amphitheatre
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Wade G. Burck
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4 comments:
from Jim Stockley:
Philip Astley opened Astley's Amphitheatre in London in 1773. It burned down in 1794 then was rebuilt. Proprietors were Astley then Andrew Ducrow, William Cooke then William Batty. In 1871, "Lord" George Sanger (and his brother John) bought Astley's Amphitheatre for £11,000 from William Batty's widow and ran it for 28 years until it closed and demolished in 1893. This poster has to be for 1881, 1887 or 1892 (being the only years that 28 May fell on a Saturday during Sanger's tenure)
George Sanger also built Sanger’s Amphitheatre 58 High Street, Ramsgate, Kent in 1883.It was a circus building but used also from its early years for opera and drama. In 1908 it was converted to the Royal Palace Theatre. It was demolished together with Sanger’s Hotel, in 1960 and a supermarket was built on the site.
Look at the poster, Wade. The word is clearly Amphitheatre.
Jim,
Thanks for the great information. As I look around it seems a number of show owners from Tommy Hanneford to John Ringling and back had a hotel, motel, boarding house connected to their operation. Added with a cook house, it is about as close to indentured servitude. In Colonial America a laborer or tradesman was under contract for a fixed period of time, in exchange for their ocean transportation, food, clothing, lodging, and other necessities during their term of indenture/contractual obligation.
Wade
John,
The day ever comes when you can't find your Wellingtons, I suggest the first thing you do is look to see if they are broken off in my ass. It might save you a lot of wasted search time. LOL
Wade
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