 Event |
The Wizard of the South
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| Venue |
Fitz Roy Hotel, West Maitland, NSW |
| First Date |
24 June 1852 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Performed: the bottle trick, pouring for the audience different types of spirits out of the same bottle, the bottle was then broken and a canary emerged; hid two audience members' rings inside two oranges; a marked handkerchief was made to disappear and reappear amongst the audience; illusion tricks were done with marked coins; different mugs with different contents were transposed with sleight of hand; card tricks; guessing ages; oranges were turned into biscuits and canned meats; nuts for sale were found to contain the purchase money; 'gun trick'. |
| Description Source |
Other |
| Primary Genre |
Other
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| Secondary Genre |
Magic
Illusion
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| Contributors |
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| Further Information |
Fitz Roy Hotel was the old Amateur Theatre. Attendance so numerous that not all could be seated. I assume that the 'gun trick' refers to the ability to catch a bullet with one's teeth, as this was the previous description of the 'gun trick' when used to describe the feat of a circus performer earlier in this newspaper.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Mapping Hunter Project |
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| Newspaper |
The Maitland Mercury |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
87313 |
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