Here's a film from 1899. I've taken this article from the BFI website, in case some of you were unable to see it.
There's some impressive acrobatics in this filmed music hall act capturing celebrated performer Will Evans. This is one of the oldest surviving of a significant number of films that preserve successful music hall acts, dating from a period when film was intimately connected with the music halls – where films would be shown as part of a mixed variety bill.
Will Evans was a comic performer in the circus and pantomime tradition (eccentric in this case meaning acrobatic). He also sang, danced and played – several of his sound recordings survive – and wrote for theatre. He co-wrote the stage farce 'Tons of Money', which was filmed in 1924. His father, Fred Evans, was a celebrated pantomime performer, while Will's nephew, another Fred, was the comedian known for his 1910s film character 'Pimple'.
You can read a bit more about him here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Evans_(comedian)
Here’s the video:
