Marie Macarte
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Marie Elizabeth Macarte was an English equestrian and circus performer who found success in Britain and the United States in the 1840s to 1860s.
Advert for G. G. Grady's Old-Fashioned Circus (1870)
Poster for Madame Macarte's farewell tour
Hippotheatron
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The Hippotheatron was an entertainment venue in New York built for large-scale circus and equestrian performances although ballets, dramas and pantomimes were also held there. Opened in 1864, it was d
Marie Macarte
…Washington D.C. (1863); 'the fearless and graceful equestrian, Mme. Marie Macarte' was with James M. Nixon's Alhambra Circus in New York City (1863); the Hippotheatron in New York City (1864); Rivers & Derious Circus in Washington D.C. (1864); the National Circus in Cincinnati (1864–65), and Frank Howes (1866), Palmer's…
The Hippotheatron in New York (1872)
Interior of the Hippotheatron (1865)
Playbill for L. B. Lent's New York Circus (1865)
Playbill for L. B. Lent's New York Circus (1865)