| Pressmark | Evan.68 |
| Heading or Venue | Egyptian Hall |
| Place | London, Piccadilly |
| Title | Egyptian Hall, London. England's Home of Mystery! Messrs. Maskelyne and Cooke's entertainment. Sole proprietor - Mr. J. N. Maskelyne. 21st consecutive year in London. Programme. [on the inside] Fifteen minutes of elegant jugglery, by Mr Maskelyne. An object lesson in sleight-of-hand, by Mr. David Devant, ... The artist's dream, a romance mystique. Invented by Mr. Devant, written by Mr. Spurr, the mechanism devised and constructed by Mr. Maskelyne. … Mr. Maskelyne's mechanical & automatic orchestra … Mrs. Daffodil Downy's light and dark seance … |
| Size | 27.5 cm. |
| Date | 1893 |
| Imprint | [Maidstone] : Burgiss-Brown, printer, Maidstone |
| Notes | Dated in MS.: Novr. 30th, 1893. - A folded sheet, printed in red and blue ink on the cover, in red ink on the inside, and in blue ink on the final page. - With two advertisements on the final page, for 'The supernatural? By Lionel A. Weatherly, M.D., with chapters on oriental magic, spiritualism, theosophy, & Mrs. Abbott 'The Georgia Magnet' by J. N. Maskelyne', and for the Maskelyne type-writer |
| Genre | Theatre programme |
| Subject | Optical illusions; Magicians; Visual perception; Magic tricks |
| Names | Maskelyne, John Nevil, 1839-1917; Cooke, George Alfred, 1825-1905; Cramer, F.; Spurr, Mel B.; Devant, David, 1868-1941 |