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Circus in Australia / edited by Mark St Leon.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Australasian drama studies ; 35Publisher: St. Lucia, Queensland : Dept. of English, University of Queensland, 1999Description: 215 s. illISBN:
  • 0958576556
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • Iköe-ra
Contents:
Circus as education / Reg Bolton -- Travelling shows in rural Australia / Richard Waterhouse -- Circus in theatre: Astley's amphitheatre, Melbourne 1854-1857 / Mimi Colligan -- The passion and totality of your body, mind and soul: an interview with Nagel Jamieson / Gavin Robins -- Thrills and spills: the precarious life of Circus Monoxide / Lynn Everett -- The development of Australian circus music / John Whiteoak -- Japanese acrobatic troupes touring Australasia 1867-1900 / David C. S. Sissons -- Mimicry, display, and play of the real: a trainer and 'big cats' in a circus den / Yoram S. Carmeli -- The wild west show: socio-historic spectacle and character as circus / Cathy J. Barrett and Heather Vallance -- Circus bodies as theatre animals / Peta Tait -- The battle for colonial circus supremacy: John Bull, Uncle Sam, and their 'Chariots of fire' / Nicola Brackertz -- Nom's arena: the use of pseudonyms in Australian circus / Mark St Leon -- Circus Oz -the first seven years: a memoir / Sue Broadway.
Holdings
Item type Home library Call number Status Barcode
Book Book Biblioteket Brinellvägen Iköe Circus Available 43731007467
Book Book Biblioteket Brinellvägen Iköe Circus Available 43731008948
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A special focus issue of Australasian drama studies

Circus as education / Reg Bolton -- Travelling shows in rural Australia / Richard Waterhouse -- Circus in theatre: Astley's amphitheatre, Melbourne 1854-1857 / Mimi Colligan -- The passion and totality of your body, mind and soul: an interview with Nagel Jamieson / Gavin Robins -- Thrills and spills: the precarious life of Circus Monoxide / Lynn Everett -- The development of Australian circus music / John Whiteoak -- Japanese acrobatic troupes touring Australasia 1867-1900 / David C. S. Sissons -- Mimicry, display, and play of the real: a trainer and 'big cats' in a circus den / Yoram S. Carmeli -- The wild west show: socio-historic spectacle and character as circus / Cathy J. Barrett and Heather Vallance -- Circus bodies as theatre animals / Peta Tait -- The battle for colonial circus supremacy: John Bull, Uncle Sam, and their 'Chariots of fire' / Nicola Brackertz -- Nom's arena: the use of pseudonyms in Australian circus / Mark St Leon -- Circus Oz -the first seven years: a memoir / Sue Broadway.

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