This poster would have been printed for the entire touring season of the circus, with an empty white rectangle for overprinting the details of the venue, dates and times. Here this has been overprinted with the details of the circus's appearance in Malvern Link, near Malvern, Worcestershire.

This circus was run by a descendent of the original founder of Sanger's Circus, 'Lord' George Sanger (1827-1911), one of the most flamboyant and best-known circus proprietors of the 19th century. The son of a peepshow owner, George and his brother John began in 1848 by performing at fairs with conjuring tricks and birds and mice before setting up a small tenting circus with a 'learned' pony, a ring horse, a company of nieces and nephews and only three experienced circus performers. By 1887 George Sanger had split with his brother, opened circus buildings in at least ten provincial towns, and had a vast tenting show. Despite his death in 1911, Sanger's Circuses survived well into the 20th century with various family-run concerns.


The acts on the bill for the 1957 tour were Abyssinnian Lions presented by David Benson; Elladine's Doggy Revue; Miss Lilane (Belgium's Most Beautiful Contoritionist); The Nevadas (Western Patimes - Knife Throwing); Grace and Thrills on the trapeze; 4 Westerns (Riders Supreme), bare-back riders; The World's Most Beautifully Trained Arabian Horses; a Performing Llama (Direct from Peru); Pure-Bred Shetland Ponies; Trio Jensen (The Continent's Greatest Perch and Ladder Act); Himalayan Bears presented by Patrick Freeman, and the clowns the Zola Bros., Timpo, Jock & Jock, and Wee Georgie. The Sanger's Riding Machine is also advertised, where customers who could stay on the mechanical 'bucking bronco' won a prize.