In 1792 John Ricketts opened the first of this kind of show in America.
- A circus
- A commedia dell’arte
- A magic show
- A vaudeville show
A circus. Ricketts was an English showman who imported the idea from his native England. The first circus opened in Philadelphia and George Washington attended.
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