Chapender (1879-1905) was, by all accounts, a very accomplished magician. This brochure directs bookers to the Maskelyne and Cooke’s Entertainment Bureau. J.N. Maskelyne thought sufficiently highly of him to put him in charge of the last Egyptian Hall season, at the time when J.N. was absorbed with the move of Maskelynes to St. George’s Hall. The seven images around the central image on page 3 all have the same background. Item N3292 confirms that the photographer was Richard Brown of 35 Bold Street, Liverpool.
In the Davenport Collection there are photographs of members of the Crispin family. These have been brought together in a brief article that explains how the family contributed to the Devant and Maskelyne shows. Perhaps the most widely known member of the family is Adela Crispin, who is credited as the levitated lady in a photograph in My Magic Life of Devant performing the Sylph Illusion. But was she? It turns out not everyone agrees. This too is discussed in the PDF.
This is a well produced compilation of press opinions on their act of New Psychological Experiments which formed part of the Maskelyne and Cooke shows at the Egyptian Hall.
This is a high quality brochure which includes useful information about their act, as well as a drawing by Ralph Cleaver dated 1893. A search on this website for Mons Alban and Mdlle Stella will include some Maskelyne and Cooke Egyptian Hall programmes where they are on the bill.
All those interested in J.N. Maskelyne’s life and his views on the world will find much of interest in his reminiscences. They were published in the January 1910 issue of the popular Strand Magazine. The article has been reproduced here with comments by Anne Goulden at the end.
This is a good example of the popular style of advertisement in which the performer’s name – in this case Dr Lynn – is featured many times. The same style was used by Maskelyne and Cooke at the Egyptian Hall, for example see N1476.
It was in 1875 that Dr Lynn invited Buatier de Kolta to perform in some of the slots he had at the Egyptian Hall. This was de Kolta’s introduction to London. At the time, Dr Lynn performed in the Large Hall. Subsequently, J.N. Maskelyne took the lease on the Large Hall.
The venue is the Egyptian Large Hall. The images for this programme are distorted because the programme had been cut and pasted onto a card. It was therefore not possible to scan them.
The venue is the Egyptian Large Hall. The programme details differ in two ways from programme N3159. In N3159 the venue is given as Egyptian Hall which is printed in a different type face. The second difference is that in N3158, at the bottom of page 4, Russell Court is incorrectly spelled as Russel Court.
The venue is the Egyptian Large Hall. There is a Times article on the cover dated 26 November 1874. This means the programme cannot be earlier than late 1874. This programme is almost the same as item N3156.
The venue is the Egyptian Large Hall. There is a Times article on the cover dated 26 November 1874. This means the programme cannot be earlier than late 1874. At first sight this programme appears to be a duplicate of N3157. However the Times article on the cover is different and this programme includes mention of the Misses Gerbaldi at the bottom of page 3. N3157 does not include this.
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