Rediscovering the wrestlers and boxers of Late-Victorian London

By Sarah Elizabeth Cox

Category: Theatre

Amazons of the Arena: Essays on the History of Female Wrestling

Mar 31—2025

Burlesque, Juno May, Music Hall, Theatre, Uncategorized, Wrestling

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Miss May, Maybe? Pinning Down Juno, The 6ft 2 Lady Wrestler

Nov 10—2024

Antonio Pierri, Brockley, Juno May, Music Hall, Theatre, Wrestling

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Jack Wannop wants a go with… George Hackenschmidt?! (And it’s goodbye, for now, from Grappling With History)

Aug 11—2021

Amersham Hall, Burlesque, George Brown, Jack Carkeek, Jack Wannop, Music Hall, New Cross, New Cross Boxing Club, New Cross Hall, New Cross House, Steve the Donkey, The Cross-Buttocker, Theatre, Tom Thompson, Walter Armstrong, Wannop’s Gymnasium, Wrestling

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“252 Pound English Girl Seeks Fame on the Mat!” Introducing the Graeco-Roman Goddess, Miss Juno May (Part I)

Mar 2—2021

Burlesque, Juno May, Music Hall, Theatre, Uncategorized, Wrestling

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Where Did You Go, Hezekiah Moscow? The Life and Times of Ching Hook (Part II: 1888-96)

May 28—2019

Boxing, Ching Ghook, Ching Hook, Hezekiah Moscow, Music Hall, Theatre, Uncategorized

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“Uncompromisingly bad men decisively bested in the final scene by unimpeachably good heroes”

Mar 14—2019

Burlesque, Jack Wannop, Jem Mace, Music Hall, Theatre, Tom Thompson

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