Editing Burt Lancaster (section)

==Circus career==
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At the age of 9, Lancaster met [[Nick Cravat]] with whom he developed a lifelong partnership.<ref name=Andreychukp3>Andreychuk 2005, p. 3.</ref> Together, they learned to act in local theatre productions and circus arts at [[Union Settlement Association|Union Settlement]], one of the city's oldest settlement houses.<ref name=Andreychukp3/> In the 1930s, they formed the acrobat duo ''Lang and Cravat'' and soon joined the Kay Brothers circus. However, in 1939, an injury forced Lancaster to give up the profession, with great regret. He then found temporary work, first as a salesman for [[Marshall Fields]] and then as a singing waiter in various restaurants.<ref>Andreychuk 2005, p. 6.</ref>