Franklin's International Circus - Revision history

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 Members of the Franklin company included [[H.W. Franklin]] himself, [[Miss Carrie]], [[Mr Ethair]], [[Mrs Ethair]], [[Young Hernandez]] (an American rider), [[Jean Johnson]], [[Stevens's Family]] (i.e. [[Mr Stevens]], Miss [[M. Stevens]],  [[Mrs Stevens]], [[Master Willie]]) and [[Jean Johnson]]. The show also advertised two trick horses (named "Kilgourie" and "Hernandez")
-Pieces put on as part of their five month long season of performances included character sketches out of existing works (e.g. ''[[The Pickwick Papers]]'') and pantomimed such as ''[[Statue Blanch]]'' and Don Juan]]''.
+Pieces put on as part of their five month long season of performances included character sketches out of existing works (e.g. ''[[The Pickwick Papers]]'') and pantomimed such as ''[[Statue Blanch]]'' and ''[[Don Juan]]''.
-According to 1863 a report in the New York Clipper of 8 August, 1863 [[Hiram Franklin]] and wife and son   were lost at sea, with most of the company, while on their way to Madagascar.
+The last appearance of the Circus was on 19 July, 1862, after which the company left the Cape on the 24th July, to sail for Mauritius and ultimately on to Calcutta  in India. According to 1863 a report in the New York Clipper of 8 August, 1863 [[Hiram Franklin]] and wife and son were lost at sea, with most of the company, while on their way to Madagascar.

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	Members of the Franklin company included [[H.W. Franklin]] himself, [[Miss Carrie]], [[Mr Ethair]], [[Mrs Ethair]], [[Young Hernandez]] (an American rider), [[Jean Johnson]], [[Stevens's Family]] (i.e. [[Mr Stevens]], Miss [[M. Stevens]], [[Mrs Stevens]], [[Master Willie]]) and [[Jean Johnson]]. The show also advertised two trick horses (named "Kilgourie" and "Hernandez")		Members of the Franklin company included [[H.W. Franklin]] himself, [[Miss Carrie]], [[Mr Ethair]], [[Mrs Ethair]], [[Young Hernandez]] (an American rider), [[Jean Johnson]], [[Stevens's Family]] (i.e. [[Mr Stevens]], Miss [[M. Stevens]], [[Mrs Stevens]], [[Master Willie]]) and [[Jean Johnson]]. The show also advertised two trick horses (named "Kilgourie" and "Hernandez")

		+	Pieces put on as part of their five month long season of performances included character sketches out of existing works (e.g. ''[[The Pickwick Papers]]'') and pantomimed such as ''[[Statue Blanch]]'' and Don Juan]]''.
	The last appearance of the Circus was on 19 July, 1862, after which the company left the Cape on the 24th July, to sail for Mauritius and ultimately on to Calcutta in India.		The last appearance of the Circus was on 19 July, 1862, after which the company left the Cape on the 24th July, to sail for Mauritius and ultimately on to Calcutta in India.

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 [[Franklin's International Circus]] (also referred to as [[Franklin's Circus]], [[Franklin & Co's Circus]], [[Franklin and Co's International Circus]], or the [[Franklin International Circus]]) was active in Cape Town during the first half of 1862.
-The company [[Franklin & Co's Circus]] was originally created by the American clown, pad rider, slack-rope artiste and vaulter '''[[H.W. Franklin]]''' in the 1850s, but disbanded in San Francisco in 1857. It was however, resurrected in Cape Town in 1862 when '''[[H.W. Franklin|Franklin]]''', who had come to the cape with [[M'Collum's Circus]], went it alone. The company performed there without break for more than 5 months, becoming a serious rival for the companies of [[Sefton Parry]] and [[Mrs Tellet]] in terms of popular support.
+The company [[Franklin & Co's Circus]] was originally created by the American clown, pad rider, slack-rope artiste and vaulter '''[[H.W. Franklin]]''' in the 1850s, but disbanded in San Francisco in 1857. It was however, resurrected in Cape Town in 1862 when '''[[H.W. Franklin|Franklin]]''', who had come to the cape with [[M'Collum's Great American Circus]], went it alone. The company performed there without break for more than 5 months, becoming a serious rival for the companies of [[Sefton Parry]] and [[Mrs Tellet]] in terms of popular support.
 The Franklin and his [[circus]] apparently had a good relationship with [[Sefton Parry]] though, the two  helping each other with benefit evenings (e.g. those for [[Mrs Parry]] on 28 October, 1861; for [[Sefton Parry]] on 30 April, 1862; [[Leon]], ), and even  - towards the end of the Circus's stay and Parry's 1862 season - joined forces to present a short series of extended programmes, consisting of "Comedy, Ballet, Dancing" (as well as songs and acrobatics) in Cape Town, running from  8-10 and again from 12-14 May, 1862.

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 The company [[Franklin & Co's Circus]] was originally created by the American clown, pad rider, slack-rope artiste and vaulter '''[[H.W. Franklin]]''' in the 1850s, but disbanded in San Francisco in 1857. It was however, resurrected in Cape Town in 1862 when '''[[H.W. Franklin|Franklin]]''', who had come to the cape with [[M'Collum's Circus]], went it alone. The company performed there without break for more than 5 months, becoming a serious rival for the companies of [[Sefton Parry]] and [[Mrs Tellet]] in terms of popular support.
-The Franklin and his circus apparently had a good relationship with [[Sefton Parry]] though, the two  helping each other with benefit evenings (e.g. those for [[Mrs Parry]] on 28 October, 1861; for [[Sefton Parry]] on 30 April, 1862; [[Leon]], ), and even  - towards the end of the Circus's stay and Parry's 1862 season - joined forces to present a short series of extended programmes, consisting of "Comedy, Ballet, Dancing" (as well as songs and acrobatics) in Cape Town, running from  8-10 and again from 12-14 May, 1862.
+The Franklin and his [[circus]] apparently had a good relationship with [[Sefton Parry]] though, the two  helping each other with benefit evenings (e.g. those for [[Mrs Parry]] on 28 October, 1861; for [[Sefton Parry]] on 30 April, 1862; [[Leon]], ), and even  - towards the end of the Circus's stay and Parry's 1862 season - joined forces to present a short series of extended programmes, consisting of "Comedy, Ballet, Dancing" (as well as songs and acrobatics) in Cape Town, running from  8-10 and again from 12-14 May, 1862.
 Members of the Franklin company included [[H.W. Franklin]] himself, [[Miss Carrie]], [[Mr Ethair]], [[Mrs Ethair]], [[Young Hernandez]] (an American rider), [[Jean Johnson]], [[Stevens's Family]] (i.e. [[Mr Stevens]], Miss [[M. Stevens]],  [[Mrs Stevens]], [[Master Willie]]) and [[Jean Johnson]]. The show also advertised two trick horses (named "Kilgourie" and "Hernandez")

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 [[Franklin's International Circus]] (also referred to as [[Franklin's Circus]], [[Franklin & Co's Circus]], [[Franklin and Co's International Circus]], or the [[Franklin International Circus]]) was active in Cape Town during the first half of 1862.
 The company [[Franklin & Co's Circus]] was originally created by the American clown, pad rider, slack-rope artiste and vaulter '''[[H.W. Franklin]]''' in the 1850s, but disbanded in San Francisco in 1857. It was however, resurrected in Cape Town in 1862 when '''[[H.W. Franklin|Franklin]]''', who had come to the cape with [[M'Collum's Circus]], went it alone. The company performed there without break for more than 5 months, becoming a serious rival for the companies of [[Sefton Parry]] and [[Mrs Tellet]] in terms of popular support.
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 The last appearance of the Circus was on 19 July, 1862, after which the company left the Cape on the 24th July, to sail for Mauritius and ultimately on to Calcutta  in India.
-According to 1863 a report in the New York Clipper of 8 August, 1863 Hiram Franklin and wife and son,  with most of the company, had been lost at sea while on their way to Madagascar.
+According to 1863 a report in the New York Clipper of 8 August, 1863 [[Hiram Franklin]] and wife and son   were lost at sea, with most of the company, while on their way to Madagascar.

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 The Franklin and his circus apparently had a good relationship with [[Sefton Parry]] though, the two  helping each other with benefit evenings (e.g. those for [[Mrs Parry]] on 28 October, 1861; for [[Sefton Parry]] on 30 April, 1862; [[Leon]], ), and even  - towards the end of the Circus's stay and Parry's 1862 season - joined forces to present a short series of extended programmes, consisting of "Comedy, Ballet, Dancing" (as well as songs and acrobatics) in Cape Town, running from  8-10 and again from 12-14 May, 1862.
-Members of the company included [[Miss Carrie]], [[H.W. Franklin]], [[Mr Ethair]], [[Mrs Ethair]], [[Young Hernandez]] (an American rider), [[Jean Johnson]], [[Mr Stevens]], Miss [[M. Stevens]],  [[Mrs Stevens]], [[Master Willie]]. The show also advertised two trick horses (named "Kilgourie" and "Hernandez")
+Members of the company included [[H.W. Franklin]] himself, [[Miss Carrie]], [[Mr Ethair]], [[Mrs Ethair]], [[Young Hernandez]] (an American rider), [[Jean Johnson]], [[Stevens's Family]] (i.e. [[Mr Stevens]], Miss [[M. Stevens]],  [[Mrs Stevens]], [[Master Willie]]) and [[Jean Johnson]]. The show also advertised two trick horses (named "Kilgourie" and "Hernandez")
 The last appearance of the Circus was on 19 July, 1862, after which the company left the Cape, to sail for Calcutta  in India.

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 [[Franklin's International Circus]] (also referred to as [[Franklin's Circus]], [[Franklin and Co's International Circus]], or the [[Franklin International Circus]]) was active in Cape Town during the first half of 1862.
-Founded in Cape Town in 1862 by the American clown, pad rider, slack-rope artiste and vaulter [[H.W. Franklin]], a former member of [[M'Collum's Circus]], the circus performed there without break for more than 5 months, becoming a serious rival for the companies of [[Sefton Parry]] and [[Mrs Tellet]] in terms of popular support.
+Founded in Cape Town in 1862 by the American clown, pad rider, slack-rope artiste and vaulter '''[[H.W. Franklin]]''', a former member of [[M'Collum's Circus]], the circus performed there without break for more than 5 months, becoming a serious rival for the companies of [[Sefton Parry]] and [[Mrs Tellet]] in terms of popular support.
 The Franklin and his circus apparently had a good relationship with [[Sefton Parry]] though, the two  helping each other with benefit evenings (e.g. those for [[Mrs Parry]] on 28 October, 1861; for [[Sefton Parry]] on 30 April, 1862; [[Leon]], ), and even  - towards the end of the Circus's stay and Parry's 1862 season - joined forces to present a short series of extended programmes, consisting of "Comedy, Ballet, Dancing" (as well as songs and acrobatics) in Cape Town, running from  8-10 and again from 12-14 May, 1862.

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 == Sources ==
-Facsimile versions for two performances (on 12 and 28 April, 1862), as advertised on the ''Live Auctioneers'' website  (accessed on 6 January, 2020 at 06h18) [https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/79699519_franklin-co8217s-international-circus-south]
+Facsimile versions of letterpress broadsides for two performances (on 12 and 28 April, 1862), as advertised on the ''Live Auctioneers'' website  (accessed on 6 January, 2020 at 06h18) [https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/79699519_franklin-co8217s-international-circus-south]
 [[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)