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The name of Richard Risley Carlisle (d. 1874), U.S. gymnast and circus performer, used attrib. (and absol.) to designate an act in which a supine acrobat juggles another with his feet, as Risley act, Risley business, etc. Also transf.
[1843N.Y. Herald 4 May 2/2 One of the chief attractions..was Prof. Risley and his boy. 1846Illustr. London News 7 Feb. 101/1 The very clever performances of Mr. Risley and his two sons continue to be nightly received with loudest acclamations.] 1861H. Mayhew London Labour III. 94/2 (heading) The Street Risley. Ibid., There is but one person in London who goes about the street doing what is termed ‘The Risley performance’. Ibid. 97/1 We've been continuing ever since at this Risley business. I lay down on a carpet, and throw then summersets from feet to feet. Ibid. 98/1 I've done the Risley in the streets of London. 1901Cassell's Mag. Sept. 389/1 (caption) A Risley Pose. Ibid. 389/2 There will be a day when a Japanese is an underman and a young Westerner a top-mounter, or vice versâ; and we shall see a brilliant show of Risley act or juggling. 1912M. B. Leavitt 50 Yrs. Theatr. Managem. xxv. 381 The second European ‘hit’ was made by Risley and his two sons, presenting the tossing and tumbling of the youngsters, to this day called the ‘Risley Act’. 1931Amer. Mercury Nov. 353/2 Risley act, one in which three acrobats lie on their backs and toss a fourth from one to the other. 1938N. Streatfeild Circus is Coming vii. 117 He told them about the first Risley who had the idea of juggling with a real boy. Of how the idea caught on, and that kind of performance was always known as a ‘Risley act’. 1957J. & A. Durant Pict. Hist. Amer. Circus ii. 20 The ‘Risley Act’ (balancing with the feet while lying on the back) was performed by the Aztecs. |