Circus Clown
Clowns have always been an integral part of the circus, offering a source of amusement for patrons and providing relief from the array of animal acts and performances by acrobats and novelty artistes.
Clowns have also appeared in pantomimes and vaudeville, in films and television, and as straight or comedic characters in plays and operas.
Read more about Circus Clown: Traditional Circus Clown Types, Circus Clown Gags, Circus Clown Lingo, Sources
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“It beats sitting around with my butt in a sling.”
—Antoinette Cancello, U.S. circus aerialist. As quoted in WomenSports magazine, p. 35 (January 1976)
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On gangling stocks grown great, great stocks run dry,
Ancestral pearls all pitched into a sty,
Heroic reverie mocked by clown and knave....”
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