| LC control no. | no2020092541 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Richter, Rossa Matilda, 1863-1937 |
| Variant(s) | Zazel, 1863-1937 First Human Cannonball, 1863-1937 La Petite Lulu, 1863-1937 |
| Other standard no. | Q28456654 |
| Birth date | 1863 |
| Death date | 1937-12-08 |
| Place of birth | London (England) |
| Place of death | Peckham (London, England) |
| Field of activity | Circus Opera |
| Profession or occupation | Circus performers Acrobats Aerialists Actresses |
| Found in | Circus route books digital collection, WWW site, viewed August 3, 2020: My diary or route book of P. T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth and the Great London Circus for the season of 1882, page 4 (Zazel High Wire and Cannon Act) <http://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15990coll5/id/7089/rec/4> Wikipedia, WWW site, viewed August 3, 2020: Rossa Matilda Richter (Rossa Matilda Richter (1863-8 December 1937), who used the stage name Zazel, was an English aerialist and actor who became known as the first human cannonball at the age of 14. She took up ballet, gymnastics, and trapeze by the time she was 6 and, at 12, went on tour with a travelling acrobat troupe. She also became active as a trapeze artist from the time she was six years old, performing for the first time at Garrick Theatre in Whitechapel. She became known for a "leap-for-life" stunt on the trapeze which she performed throughout her career. During some of these early performances, she used the stage name La Petite Lulu. Richter married George Oscar Starr, who worked as a press agent for Barnum; and, together, they took some time away from the circus. Among other activities, they launched the Starr Opera Company in 1886. She died on 8 December 1937 at Camberwell House hospital in Peckham.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossa_Matilda_Richter> |
| Associated language | eng |
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