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Mrs Sarah Baker shone brightly as a theatre manager at the beginning of the 1800s. Starting as a child in her family's troupe at the famous Sadlers Wells pleasure gardens, she never learnt to read, but she could dance on a rope. Her family toured the country as entertainers, classed as 'rogues and vagabonds' who could be run out of town or imprisoned at the whim of a local magistrate or mayor. Sarah Baker later formed her own company. Cheerfully optimistic, she fought to gain respectability - against almost impossible odds. Her story reveals a precarious world of make-believe and slapstick, mixing with the highest and the lowest, providing a touch of magic wherever the wagons stopped and the show began.T01974000049Director David Collison. Performer Alison Neil. | |
| 3 Mar 24 | Backwell Playhouse, Backwell :: V0804100176 listing details L0779030663 |
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