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Entertainment of the late 1800s & early 1900s
By: Kelly Binning and Sabrina Orth
Live Performances
• Vaudeville• Included: Song/Dance, Comedy, and a
chorus line of female performers.
• Barnum & Bailey Circus• Yearly circus that came by train.
Vaudeville
• Became more popular after “Sergeant's Great Vaudeville Company” was formed in 1871
• Benjamin Franklin Keith was the “father” of American Vaudeville• Developed the idea of a
“Continuous Vaudeville”• Many acts that
performed for 12 hours straight!
• Was originally for the enjoyment of the middle-class
Barnum and Bailey Circus
• Phineas Taylor Barnum began life as a showman when he developed “Barnum’s American Museum”
• Included: “General Tom Thumb”, the Fiji Mermaid, Chang and Eng Bunker (Siamese Twins), and Anna Swan (the Giantess.)
• Eventually, this formed into the “Barnum and Bailey Circus.”
• His closest friend at the time was James Bailey, whom he went into business with.
• Bailey took over after P.T. Barnum died.
• After Bailey died, the Ringling Brothers took it over.
Music and Dance
• Scott Joplin • Pianist
• The Cakewalk• Accompanied Ragtime and Dixieland
music• Ragtime Music
• Became very popular during this time period
Scott Joplin
• (insert life story)
Dance
• (insert SOME kind of dance that they did, which we have no idea if they even had one…if not..make one up)
Ragtime Music
• Popular genre of music
• (Insert info)
Early Stars
• Sarah Burnhardt• Lillie Langtry• Jenny Lind• Charlie Chaplin
Sarah Burnhardt
Lillie Langtry
Jenny Lind
Charlie Chaplin
The Silver Screen
• (insert info)
The First Movie
• The Great Train Robbery
Sports
• Baseball• Ice Hockey
• Founded
• Equestrian Showing
Baseball Players
Ice Hockey
Equestrian Sports
The End
References
• http://www.swingvirginia.com/reading/LindyHopOrigins-Thomas.html
• http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA02/easton/vaudeville/vaudevillemain.html
• http://www.jugglenow.com/circus-history.html