Bobby Rennal
and rhesus monkey, Circus Apollo, Sherringham Norfolk, 1979.
Henry Ringling North, circus proprietor and ringmaster, wrote in Circus Kings:
"The circus is a jealous wench. Indeed that is an understatement. She
is a ravening hag who sucks your vitality as a vampire drinks blood –
who kills the brightest stars in her crown and who will allow no private life
to those who serve her; wrecking their homes, ruining their bodies, and destroying
the happiness of their loved ones by her insatiable demands. She is all of
these things, and yet I love her as I love nothing else on earth."
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