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