This is a ticket for Professor Herrmann’s First Complimentary Benefit at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly on Tuesday afternoon 4 February 1873. The ticket is for a Fauteuil for a price of 10s 6d.
Alexander Herrmann
Alexander Herrmann performed at the Egyptian Hall during 1871 to 1873, so the programme date must be within this date range. Note that the front page says ‘Second Season’. It therefore appears that this programme cannot be from the very start of Herrmann’s run at the Hall. The fact that the back has an advertisement for Christmas and New Year’s novelties suggests that the programme was used in the run up to Christmas.
Alexander Herrmann performed at the Egyptian Hall during 1871 to 1873, so the programme date must be within this date range. The Praeger Family were also performing at every performance.
This programme is of interest to magic historians because the cover includes an advertisement for Professor Herrmann performing every night at the Egyptian Hall. Alexander Herrmann performed at the Egyptian Hall during 1871 to 1873, so the programme date must be within this date range.
All have dates of March, April or May 1931. The images are of Alexander Herrmann, Howard Thurston, Ching Ling Foo, Robert Houdin, Harry Houdini, J.W. Elliott MD, Okito – Theo. Bamberg, Gus Fowler, Carl Rosini, Carl Hertz, Frederick Eugene Powell, T. Nelson Downs, Harry Rouclere, Karl Herrmann, Wizard Jacobs, Wyman The Wizard, MacAlister, J.N. Maskelyne, Jonathan Harrington, Robert Heller, Antonio Blitz, Imro Fox, Buatier De Kolta, Servais Le Roy, William E. Robinson (Ching [sic] Ling Soo).