Ashton's Royal Arena

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Event Ashton's Royal Arena
Venue The Maitland Hotel, West Maitland, NSW
First Date 26 September 1854
Dates Estimated Yes
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Performance consists of: enactment of the First Fratricide; Irwin as Jumping Jean of the Jungle (leaping, tumbling); Hingler's horsemanship; Ashton and Irwin ride as Rob Roy and Helen McGregor; Mungo Mungo's debut tight-rope walking; Howe in the Clown's Frolic; Mungo Mungo as 'the African Slave'.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Circus
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Faning Band Master
Croft Circus Style Performer
Howe Clown
T H Chappelle Compere ring master
W Hingler Equestrienne
Isabella Irwin Equestrienne
Mungo Mungo Equestrienne Tight rope walker
Croft Tight-rope Walker
James Ashton Tour Manager Equestrian, proprieter
C Mathews Writer
Further Information Joint Benefit of Miss Irwin and Master Mungo Mungo. Note that the performance of the African Slave by Mungo Mungo consists of barebacked riding, reindeer leaps over bars, canvases, a sheet 14 feet wide, through balloons, drums, circles of fire, daggers.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper The Maitland Mercury (23/09/1854)
Mapping Hunter Project
Event Identifier 88327
Dataset AusStage