@article{8767304,
  abstract     = {{Based on unpublished manuscript sources, the present article seeks partially to reconstruct some of the facts in the life of Johan Michael Philo (fl. 1667-77), an itinerant mountebank who together with a troupe of ( hitherto unidentified) performers is known to have sold his wares in England and Scotland from the mid-1660s. The same sources reveal that Philo married into a Dutch family of rope- dancers, headed by the enterprising theatrical entrepreneurs Paulus Rijmers and Maria Sasbout. In order to attract audiences to his public shows, Philo may have enlisted the help of the company of rope-dancers managed by the Rijmerses, who in their turn appear to have been interested in the commercial opportunities inherent in the manufacture and sale of medicines. Their association offers a fine example of close co-operation between contemporary practitioners of the "medical" profession and well-established public performers, both of whom must have clearly perceived the financial and artistic benefits of such co-operation.}},
  author       = {{Vander Motten, Jean Pierre}},
  issn         = {{0035-0818}},
  journal      = {{REVUE BELGE DE PHILOLOGIE ET D HISTOIRE}},
  keywords     = {{J. M. Philo,mountebanks,rope dancers,17th century,theatre history,quack healers}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3-4}},
  pages        = {{763--774}},
  title        = {{The mountebank Johannes Michael Philo (fl. 1667-1677) and his Dutch relatives}},
  volume       = {{99}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}

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