This Australasian tour covered Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand. The show visited the Opera House in Wellington, New Zealand from 25 November to 19 December 1908. The details of the bill are spread out across the pages, forcing the theatre goers to at least look at all the advertisements throughout the programme. The Director of Illusions was Owen Clark. The PDF contains images of all of the pages.
The bill includes David Devant.
The bill includes David Devant.
According to Devant in his book ‘My Magic Life’ the sketch ‘The Enchanted Hive’, which is on this programme, was first introduced on 8 December 1902. If Devant was correct, this programme must therefore be dated 8 December 1902 or later. If so, the pencil date of 17 January 1900 on the programme’s cover must be incorrect. The bill includes David Devant.
The bill includes David Devant. In 2024 research by Ian Keable confirmed that this programme was definitely for the final two weeks at the Concert Hall, Brighton from 13-25 October 1902.
On one side is the rebus and a blank area where the address or name of the recipient can be written. The other side has the show details on it, as well as the answer to the rebus. This means that the card can be folded in half and glued around the perforated edges, prior to posting, so that the recipient can only see the rebus and their own name. To open the card they have to tear off the edge at the perforations, so revealing the details of the show and the answer to the rebus. Have a go at solving the rebus before you click on View Details.
The bill includes David Devant.
The show had an unusually long run in Manchester. The bill includes David Devant.
There is no date, but the bill implies Easter 1905 for a short time. This was the first magic show at St. George’s Hall after the failure of ‘The Coming Race’.
The citation on the display stand reads: Presented to M. Gintaro Japanese Juggler in recognition of his great success during nine years with MASKELYNE and DEVANT. 6th February 1908. See also the citation on the back of the medal.