Evaluation of the Coagulation System

‘Undaunted all he views’: The Gibraltar Charger, Astley's Amphitheatre and Masculine Performance

“…Astley sought celebrity status and wanted to perform feats of horsemanship based on his own history that would 'rival' all others. 32 Roach argues that actors and actresses of the eighteenth century cultivated a public persona that provided an illusion of 'public intimacy', an illusion of knowing the true individual self of the performer, as an essential means for the creation of celebrity. 33 From his earliest performances in pub yards Astley cultivated an illusionary intimacy as a veteran of the Seven Years War under Elliot to create simulacra of exaggerated masculinity.…”