Monday, January 24, 2011

Astley's Ampitheatre #1

Posted by Buckles at 1/24/2011 05:44:00 AM

6 comments:

Chic Silber said...

Where & when was this joint

It appears to resemble an early

European opera house kinda like

our own original Asolo that came

from Asolo in Italy

24 January, 2011 11:22
Buckles said...

I remember Big Apple's palmy days when talk existed of a permanent structure like this in Manhattan.

24 January, 2011 11:36
Chic Silber said...

Was that the American "style"

palms up or the European "style"

palms down (as in we do not beg)

24 January, 2011 11:50
Chris Berry said...

The "Astley's Ampitheatre of Equestrian Arts" was located near what is now St. Thomas' Hospital in London (just across the Thames from Big Ben and Westminster). The first Astley's Amphitheatre opened in 1773. After a series of fires it was rebuilt as "Astley's Royal Amphitheatre" and continued as a permanent circus structure until it closed in 1893. The amphitheatre was demolished in 1894. Incidently Philip Astley built a mansion (Hercules Hall) just a short distance from the Amphitheatre. It has long since been torn down - but Hercules Road, named for his home, still exists.

24 January, 2011 13:31
Anonymous said...

palms down we do not beg!!!! You should see them grovel now, snatching applause from the air, putting it in their heart. You have to wonder if it is a new trend or if the applause is so few and far between then get carried away and over react like a kid in a candy store.

24 January, 2011 17:39
Chic Silber said...

That's very funny anonymouse but

why be afraid to sign your name

24 January, 2011 23:09

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