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Royal Adelphi Theatre, Cattle Market, Sheffield, playbill for Van Amburgh's benefit, c. 1860s

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Ref No:	y13116
Title:	Royal Adelphi Theatre, Cattle Market, Sheffield, playbill for Van Amburgh's benefit, c. 1860s
Location:	Sheffield_City_Centre
Date Period:	1851-1899
Notes:	Van Amburgh's Benefit and last appearance but one, on Friday evening, June 30th, on which occasion (and for the only time) he will perform a feat never before attempted by any other man in the world! Taking into the lion's den a bucket of warm blood! Fresh from a bullock, and after bathing his hands, arms and face in the blood, he will thrust them into the lion's mouth. This is a modern facsimile. The location of the original playbill is not known. Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 276 (d) VL.
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