Circus in the Long Nineteenth Century: A Documentary History
On Monday, 29 June, Routledge published its five-volume “Circus in the Long Nineteenth Century: A Documentary History”. Mark St [...]
Circus And It’s Others – Conference Announcement
Circus and its Others is thrilled to announce that its fifth international conference will take place in Kerala, India, [...]
Film Archive Updated – The Shocking truth of Victorian Entertainment
We have recently added a new category to our Film Archives - General History. We look forward to continuing [...]
New Archives Added – Other Travelling Shows
PennyGaff is thrilled to launch another sector in our ever-growing archives - Other Travelling Shows. We invite you to [...]
19th Century for Time Travellers
I have recently been posting some circus-related contributions onto a FaceBook group "Melbourne, Australia - 19th Century for Time [...]
The Colleano Heart Premiere
The Colleano Heart, a 90-minute feature documentary, premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival on October 19. I have acted [...]
Circus Book Sale!
I am starting to sell down my extensive home library including a large part of my collection of circus [...]
May Wirth Postcards
May Wirth – A Short Biography By Mark St Leon, PhD © Copyright Reserved: Mark St Leon 2010 May [...]
Gus St Leon’s Great United Circus
Gus St Leon's Great United Circus, Cairns, NQ, 1913 Every so often, eBay throws up a piece of "St [...]
The St Leon Trio featured in 1923 Tivoli Program
The Tivoli Circuit was Australia’s largest vaudeville circuit. This program dates from 1923 and features “The St Leon Trio [...]
