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''[[M'Collum's Great American Circus]]''

Also referred to in various times and contexts as ''[[McCollum's Mammoth Great Western Circus]]'', or simply ''[[M'Collum's Circus]]''

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−	''[[~~M'Collum's Great American Circus]]''~~	+	#REDIRECT [[Thomas McCollum]]
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−	~~Also referred to in various times and contexts as ''[[McCollum's Mammoth Great Western Circus]]'', or simply ''[[M'Collum's Circus]]''~~
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−	~~==Origins and history==~~
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−	Founded by [[Thomas McCollum]] (1828-1872)[], who was a much admired American two horse rider, first mentioned in American circus bills in 1837. When he was 18 he began his own company called [[Stone and McCollum’s Great Western Circus]], which existed between 1846 and 1850. Early in 1851 he went to England with Rufus Welch, Richard Risley (1814-74) and Eaton Stone, to perform at the Drury Lane Theatre with the American and French Equestrian Company, which included members of the famous French Loisset family, from Cirque Olympique in Paris. The troupe having gone to Ireland at the end of 1851, they then parted company and McCollum went on to perform as a freelancer for a number of companies.
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−	McCollum then left England for the continent until 1855, seemingly based in England between 1857 and 1860, before he left England with a company and his friends [[Hiram Franklin]], [[George Buckley]] and Louis Soullier (1813-88) for South Africa with a circus billed as [[M'Collum's Great American Circus]]. In May 1861 in was in Mauritius when during a cyclone his circus tent was destroyed. He went from there into Asia, India in particular, remained touring a company throughout until
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−	~~In 1865 he returned to England to go into partnership with William Charmen, taking out a fifty five year lease on the Holborn Royal Amphitheatre.~~
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−	Thomas McCollum ~~died in 1872 of small pox and was buried in Lambeth.~~
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−	~~==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==~~
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−	~~== Sources ==~~
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−	~~The Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS), 2018. "Risley & McCollum's Hippodrome Token" in ''The E-Sylum'' (Vol 21, 2018)[https://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n43a08.html]~~
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−	~~[[Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold Binge]]. 1969. ''Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950)''. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.~~
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−	[[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.)
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−	~~[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.~~
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−	~~[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.~~
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−	~~Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]~~
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−	~~== Return to ==~~
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−	~~Return to [[ESAT Venues W]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Venues\|South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc ]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[Main Page~~]]

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 == Sources ==
-''The Numismatic Bibliomania Society, 2018. "Risley & McCollum's Hippodrome Token" in ''The E-Sylum'' (Vol 21, 2018)[https://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n43a08.html]
+The Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS), 2018. "Risley & McCollum's Hippodrome Token" in ''The E-Sylum'' (Vol 21, 2018)[https://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n43a08.html]
 [[Ludwig Wilhelm  Berthold Binge]]. 1969. ''Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950)''. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

		+	''The Numismatic Bibliomania Society, 2018. "Risley & McCollum's Hippodrome Token" in ''The E-Sylum'' (Vol 21, 2018)[https://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n43a08.html]

	[[Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold Binge]]. 1969. ''Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950)''. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.		[[Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold Binge]]. 1969. ''Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950)''. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

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 ==Origins and history==
-Founded by Thomas McCollum (1928-1872)[], who was a much admired American two horse rider, first mentioned in American circus bills in 1837.  When he was 18 he began his own company called [[Stone and McCollum’s Great Western Circus]], which existed between 1846 and 1850. Early in 1851 he went to England  with Rufus Welch, Richard Risley (1814-74) and Eaton Stone, to perform at the Drury Lane Theatre with the American and French Equestrian Company, which included members of the famous French Loisset family, from Cirque Olympique in Paris. The troupe having gone  to Ireland at the end of 1851, they then parted company and McCollum went on to perform as a freelancer for a number of companies.
+Founded by [[Thomas McCollum]] (1828-1872)[], who was a much admired American two horse rider, first mentioned in American circus bills in 1837.  When he was 18 he began his own company called [[Stone and McCollum’s Great Western Circus]], which existed between 1846 and 1850. Early in 1851 he went to England  with Rufus Welch, Richard Risley (1814-74) and Eaton Stone, to perform at the Drury Lane Theatre with the American and French Equestrian Company, which included members of the famous French Loisset family, from Cirque Olympique in Paris. The troupe having gone  to Ireland at the end of 1851, they then parted company and McCollum went on to perform as a freelancer for a number of companies.
-McCollum then left England for the continent until 1855, seemingly based in England between 1857 and 1860, before he left England with a company and his friends [[Hiram Franklin]], [[George Buckley]] and Louis Soullier (1813-88) for South Africa with a circus billed as M'Collum's. In May 1861 in was in Mauritius when during a cyclone his circus tent was destroyed. He went from there into Asia, India in particular, remained touring a company throughout until
+McCollum then left England for the continent until 1855, seemingly based in England between 1857 and 1860, before he left England with a company and his friends [[Hiram Franklin]], [[George Buckley]] and Louis Soullier (1813-88) for South Africa with a circus billed as [[M'Collum's Great American Circus]]. In May 1861 in was in Mauritius when during a cyclone his circus tent was destroyed. He went from there into Asia, India in particular, remained touring a company throughout until
 In 1865 he returned to England to go into partnership with William Charmen, taking out a fifty five year lease on the Holborn Royal Amphitheatre.

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	==Origins and history==		==Origins and history==

		+	Founded by Thomas McCollum (1928-1872)[], who was a much admired American two horse rider, first mentioned in American circus bills in 1837. When he was 18 he began his own company called [[Stone and McCollum’s Great Western Circus]], which existed between 1846 and 1850. Early in 1851 he went to England with Rufus Welch, Richard Risley (1814-74) and Eaton Stone, to perform at the Drury Lane Theatre with the American and French Equestrian Company, which included members of the famous French Loisset family, from Cirque Olympique in Paris. The troupe having gone to Ireland at the end of 1851, they then parted company and McCollum went on to perform as a freelancer for a number of companies.
		+
		+	McCollum then left England for the continent until 1855, seemingly based in England between 1857 and 1860, before he left England with a company and his friends [[Hiram Franklin]], [[George Buckley]] and Louis Soullier (1813-88) for South Africa with a circus billed as M'Collum's. In May 1861 in was in Mauritius when during a cyclone his circus tent was destroyed. He went from there into Asia, India in particular, remained touring a company throughout until
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		+	In 1865 he returned to England to go into partnership with William Charmen, taking out a fifty five year lease on the Holborn Royal Amphitheatre.
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		+	Thomas McCollum died in 1872 of small pox and was buried in Lambeth.

	==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==		==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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	Also referred to in various times and contexts as ''[[McCollum's Mammoth Great Western Circus]]'', or simply ''[[M'Collum's Circus]]''		Also referred to in various times and contexts as ''[[McCollum's Mammoth Great Western Circus]]'', or simply ''[[M'Collum's Circus]]''
		+
		+	==Origins and history==
		+
		+
		+	==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
		+
		+
		+
		+
		+	== Sources ==
		+
		+
		+	[[Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold Binge]]. 1969. ''Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950)''. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
		+
		+	[[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.)
		+
		+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.
		+
		+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
		+
		+
		+	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
		+
		+	== Return to ==
		+
		+	Return to [[ESAT Venues W]]
		+
		+	Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Venues\|South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc ]]
		+
		+	Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
		+
		+	Return to [[Main Page]]