Cirque Molier (Le)

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Ernest Molier, a wealthy Parisian patron of the arts, had set up a circus adjacent to Philippe Dumas' private mansion. From 1881 until the 1920's, well-informed amateurs came to admire acrobatic and dressage acts. Of these moments, Philippe Dumas wrote "I wanted to make a square, where one could see happy horses, happy riders and also a happy audience". A square created to say thank you to Mr Molier.

Le Carre Hermes Paris > Automne - Hiver 1995/96

Molier's Circus

From 1880 to 1934 the Rue de Benouville in Paris rejoiced in a free circus and a troupe of generous artistes, all from high society, tasting the old-fashioned delights of amateurism. Its director, Ernest Molier, "the human centaur" gave a gala annually, where clowns, trapeze artistes, but above all both horsemen and horsewomen, proved to the ritzy audience that you can be a success while having fun, and that the yeast of leisure provides a strong brew as well.