Comparative Analysis of the Blackface Minstrel Shows and Hungarian Traveling Circuses

Abstract

We can detect how the North American minstrel show and Hungarian traveling circuses and artists have developed in their own times. There are many similarities and differences to be found in the comparative analysis, which show that although the two forms of entertainments come from two very different cultures, they do meet at some point. Both of them are based on similar theatrical and circus traditions and later on assumed their own special character.