The Court Conjurer – Charles Bertram – Buch (Englisch)

Beschreibung

Nothing expresses more about what kind of magician Charles Bertram was than his presentation for de Koltas Vanishing Birdcage: Betram, nothing that there is always the risk of hurting a bird, rectified this possibility by allowing the bird to escape from the cage just before he was about to vanish it. Betram was well aware that, for the class of audience he appealed to, any suggestion of cruelty would be repugnant. So, he opened the door of the cage, ostensibly to show the bird was alive, and the canary flew out into the hall, whereupon Betram commented, “You have flown away, have you? Well, take the cage with you.”

Then he threw up his arms and vanished the cage in the usual way. There is a real touch of artistry about this – the audience thought the action was unpremenditated and impromtu, and consequentially the vanishing was all the more wonderful.

360 pages.