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Galloping Horses: Treadmills and Other Theatre Appliances in Hippodramas

  • By Kimberly Poppiti
  • Published in Vol. 41 No. 4 (Fall 2005): 47
  • ABSTRACT: The public's love of spectacle and the popularity of equine actors brought about advancements in stage machinery in the nineteenth century.
  • Note: For those readers interested in early nineteenth-century theatre, a longer version of this article is available on the TD&T Web site which offers more examples of Dr. Poppiti's original research and includes several more images of patented theatrical apparatus.
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