Hanne Tott or Tod, also called Price and Kuhn (14 February 1771 - August 15, 1826), was a Danish

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artist and circus manager. She and her family played an important part in the history of the circus in

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. She is not to be confused with her sister-in-law

Rosalia Price Rosalia Price née ''Masson'' ( fl. 1790), also known as Rosalia Masson-Price and Madame Price, was a British circus artist (acrobat and pantomime artist). She is not to be confused with her sister-in-law Hanne Tott, also called Madame Price. Sh ...

, also called Madame Price. She was born to Stephen and Hanne Todd and married in 1791 to the British circus manager James Price (1761-1805) and became the mother of the performers James Price (1801-1865), Carl Price (1803-?) and Adolph Price (1805-1890). She and her spouse toured Scandinavia,

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and

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with their circus. In 1793-94, they performed at Stenborg Theatre in

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. From 1795, they regularly performed in

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during the summer and toured Denmark and Norway during the winter. They were permitted to found a permanent stage in Copenhagen in 1801. She became manager after the death of her spouse in 1805. In 1810, she married

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(1783-1832), with whom she shared her position as manager.

References

* Wåhlberg, Per Arne: ''Cirkus i Sverige : bidrag till vårt lands kulturhistoria.'' Stockholm Carlsson 1992. * Davidsen, Fra det gamle Kongens Kjøbenhavn II, 181 ff. Museum 1894, I, 184 f. * http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Kunst_og_kultur/Cirkus/Artist/James_Price {{DEFAULTSORT:Tott, Hanne 1771 births 1826 deaths 18th-century Danish people 19th-century Danish businesspeople 18th-century Danish women 19th-century Danish women Circus owners Danish circus performers 18th-century circus performers 19th-century circus performers