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Chung Ling Soo poster overprinted The Magical Production

Chung Ling Soo poster overprinted The Magical Production

A half sheet lithographic poster printed by Horrocks & Co. Ltd., Ashton-under-Lyne. The original poster has been overprinted THE MAGICAL PRODUCTION. The Chung Ling Soo Magical Production was the first attempt to tour Soo’s show soon after his death. Soo’s place was taken by Ching Wu (Alfred Banks). For further details see Dean Arnold’s excellent book ‘The Fairground Soo’ published by Mike Caveney’s Magic Words. The poster, without any overprinting, may be found under Ref. no. N615.