Playbill for Maskelyne & Cooke magical variety show
Playbill for performances of the show The Novelty of the Age, featuring magicians Maskelyne and Cooke, held at Berkley Castle, Blackpool, January 1870. Featuring the Royal Illusionists in a variety of roles and performing decapitation, levitation, musical numbers, plate spinning and a transformation farce featuring a Gorilla! A show to delight the most fastidious whilst puzzling the scientific'. HPF/5A/31
Picture No
10252702
Media ID
46541833
Size
2234px x 7000px
(6.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/HARRY PRICE
Source
Original Playbill. Harry Price Library of Magical Literature. HPF/5A/31
Date
1870
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Acts Balancing Conjuror Conjurors Cooke Decapitate Decapitation Dexterity Farce Gorilla Hasard Illusion Illusionist Illusionists Illusions Lettering Levitate Levitates Levitation Listing Magical Magicians Maskelyne Mellon Patron Performances Playbill Spinning Transformation Typography
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