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Title: Fossett's New Circus
ID: 200344_52186221
Theatre Circus Bills
Year: 1883
Description: Monday, 19th March, 1883, '...and every night except for Good Friday'.
'Mr. Fossett in an entirely new act on horseback as the Life Guardsman - Being a Military sketch taken from an episode that actually occured in the late Egyptian Campaign'.
Also on the playbill is the immense success of 'Bimbo!'.
The evening concludes with the 'screaming interlude' entitled, 'Adventures of Mizzle and Bolt' (or, 'A Night at Cremorne Gardens')
Actors include: Mr. R. Fossett, Monsieur Levon and Carl, Funny Harry, Mdlle. Beatrice and W. Lynch

  Fossett's New Circus
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