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Harry HOLT & Jack Randall hold their final sparring performance in the ‘Art of Self Defence’ at the on the 17th February 1821. They have performed almost nightly at the theatre for a month.

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20Jan1821 The Morning Post publishes a review of performances at the including Harry HOLT & Jack Randall’s sparring.

PIC — The Morning Post published on Saturday the 20th January 1821

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Magician & Juggler left Capt. Campbell’s troupe after 4yrs & went to where he performed to packed houses for several yrs. His first solo performance back in was on the same stage as Harry HOLT & Jack Randall at the in Jan & Feb of 1821

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15Jan1821 Advertisement in The Morning Post: Harry HOLT and Jack Randall display the ‘Art of Self Defence’ with a sparring exhibition at the

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13Jan1821 Harry HOLT and Randall perform again at the with the famous professional Ramo SAMEE, who is also considered to be the first professional .

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It's been suggested that the Fly (Rigging) System in the was made from the Masts of the Warship ‘Ville de Paris’ (1764). The 104 gun Flagship was captured by the Fleet during the 1782 ‘Battle of the Saintes’

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In 1820 Robert Elliston employed & author William Oxberry to manage the renamed . Oxberry published 'Pancratia, a History of Pugilism’ in 1812 & was a keen member of the Fancy. Harry HOLT & Randall performed no less than 8x at the Olympic.

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The was built in 1806 by (partly from a French Warship) for public exhibitions of Horsemanship. Originally named the , Philip Astley sold it to Robert Elliston in 1813 who refurbished it & renamed it the Little Drury Lane

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12Jan1821 Harry HOLT and Jack RANDALL begin their month long Exhibition of Pugilism at the . Their sparring exhibition was initially incorporated into a but later became its own distinct display in the ‘Art of Self Defence.’

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