showmanship

showman | American Dictionary

showman
noun[ C ]
us/ˈʃoʊ·mən/-menus/ˈʃoʊ·mən/

showmannoun[C] (MAKER OF SHOWS)

someone who produces movies, stage shows, or other entertainment:
P.T. Barnum, a founder of the circus, was a great showman.

showmannoun[C] (PERFORMER)

someone who is a skilled performer:
The President is a great showman and a clever politician.

Examples of showman

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The performance was a great success and the showman collected a tidy sum of money.
The showman explained that twenty years ago he collected five pounds a week on average, earning seven or eight shillings from each street performance.
The new cinematic technologies mesmerized audiences in ways that the most imaginative showman could never hope to with his primitive animation efforts.
First, his style was that of the showman, with big parades a speciality.
One projection disintegrates into another in accordance with the showman's dramatic needs.
These individuals may have hoped to create an image of themselves as savants as well as, or perhaps rather than, showmen.
During the middle of the nineteenth century respectability became an important marketing device for all itinerant showmen.
They were particularly repulsed by flamboyant showmen who pandered to the hoi polloi with what were seen as vulgar demonstrations to fee-paying audiences.
First, parents exerted some influence over the style of the performance and, as noted above, showmen seeking private commissions were required to make some modifications in the interests of respectability.
Chadwick was a former showman with experience of the circus who used dramatic lighting techniques, and props to underline his radical messages.
On the particular day described in the story, the showman gave his puppets ' notice to move ', and they all set out to perform in the neighbouring village.
Instead, the values of the showmen changed.
The taxation on vehicles of the travelling showman is graded more highly for vehicles not travelling on pneumatic tyres.
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