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Barker (other)
Barker may refer to: Occupations * Barker (occupation), a person who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events * Barker (coachbuilder), a builder of horse-drawn coaches and later of bodywork for prestige cars * a person who strips tanbark from trees to supply bark mills People *Barker (surname), a list of people *Barker Burnell (1798–1843), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts * Barker Fairley (1887–1986), British-Canadian painter and scholar of German literature Places Antarctica *Barker Range, Victoria Land, a mountain range *Barker Peak, off the coast of Victoria Land * Barker Bank, Graham Land, a marine bank *Barker Nunatak, Palmer Land Australia * Division of Barker, an Electoral Division in South Australia for the Australian House of Representatives * Mount Barker (South Australia) * Barker Inlet, South Australia * Barker River, Western Australia *Barker Passage, Western Australia, a water channel United States * Barker, Broome County, New York, a town *B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barker (occupation)
A barker, often a carnival barker, is a person who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, such as a circus or funfair, by exhorting passing members of the public, announcing attractions of show, and emphasizing variety, novelty, beauty, or some other enticing feature of the show. A barker would often conduct a brief free show, introducing performers and describing acts to be given at the feature performance. Professional barkers strongly disliked the term and instead referred to themselves as "talkers". Perhaps the most famous fictional barkers are Billy Bigelow, the protagonist of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic stage musical ''Carousel'', and Tin Man, a supporting protagonist from the 1978 musical film ''The Wiz'' portrayed by Nipsey Russell. Bigelow, in turn was an Americanized version of Liliom, the protagonist of Hungarian author Ferenc Molnár's non-musical play ''Liliom'', on which ''Carousel'' is based. The term barker has been adapted in modern times to d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |