Beat the rise! Delivery fees are going up soon. INFO

Close Notification

Your cart does not contain any items

Audacious Mr Astley: The Man Who Invented the Modern Circus - the fully annotated playscript by Chris Barltrop by Chris Barltrop at Abbey's Bookshop,
Audacious Mr Astley: The Man Who Invented the Modern Circus - the fully annotated playscript by Chris...
— —
Chris Barltrop Thom Wall

Audacious Mr Astley

The Man Who Invented the Modern Circus - the fully annotated playscript by Chris Barltrop

Chris Barltrop,  Thom Wall

$42.95   $36.64

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?
English
Modern Vaudeville Press
13 April 2026
Film movie scripts & screenplays; Television scripts & screenplays; Other performing arts; Biography: arts & entertainment
The art-form and entertainment we call 'circus' began on a muddy field in London just over 250 years ago.

With his wife Patty, cantankerous cavalry hero and 'father of the modern circus' Philip Astley put on the first such show and took it across Britain and Europe, founding an accessible art-form for everyone.

Painstakingly researched by professional Ringmaster and actor Chris Barltrop, here's the play that won five-star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe before touring theatres, Festivals and schools across the UK.

In innovative format, illuminating and amusing, this annotated script lets us hear Astley's words while adding a detailed background to the history behind them.

A unique account, a view of the dawn of the Classical circus by a respected life-long exponent who draws on his insider knowledge of circuses and their owners in a fascinating living history.

Audacious Mr Astley dissolves the myths to relate how the circus really began!
By:  
Edited by:  
Imprint:   Modern Vaudeville Press
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 9mm
Weight:   236g
ISBN:   9781958604342
ISBN 10:   1958604348
Pages:   126
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

See Also

Audacious Mr Astley: The Man Who Invented the Modern Circus - the fully annotated playscript by Chris Barltrop

The Effective Speaking Voice

Joseph Mosher

Hardback

$70.95  $59.92

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
Audacious Mr Astley: The Man Who Invented the Modern Circus - the fully annotated playscript by Chris Barltrop

Training of the Voice

R E Pattison Kline

Paperback

$44.95  $37.88

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
Audacious Mr Astley: The Man Who Invented the Modern Circus - the fully annotated playscript by Chris Barltrop

Houdini's Escapes

Walter B Gibson

Paperback

$52.95  $45.23

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
Audacious Mr Astley: The Man Who Invented the Modern Circus - the fully annotated playscript by Chris Barltrop

Menageries Circuses and Theatres...

E H Bostock

Paperback

$55.95  $47.68

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
Audacious Mr Astley: The Man Who Invented the Modern Circus - the fully annotated playscript by Chris Barltrop

Felicity Fair - Weather

""Perfectly Flawed""

Nichelle Williams Isiah

Paperback

$26.95  $24.62

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
Audacious Mr Astley: The Man Who Invented the Modern Circus - the fully annotated playscript by Chris Barltrop

Rose's Royal Midgets and Other Little...

Trav Sd

Paperback

$21.95 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +