THE ROYAL ILLUSIONISTS.
We have never so much regretted seeing a “poor house” in the Timaru Theatre, as we did last night, for we can'eafely say that so finished a performance has never before been seen here, as Mr Eellar’s. The pit was well filled and there was a good attendance in the stalls, bnt in the circle there was a paltry dozen. It is not to be wondered at that good performers give us a wide berth, after their first appearance. The performance was the same .as last night’s, the only exceptional features being the absence of Phono from the group of automata, and the addition of an explanation of the cabinet mystery. The legerdemain was as neat and rapid; the tricks as inexplicable, the automata as inscrutable as before. After going through the cabinet business, Mr Eellar snowed,the manipulation employed in releasing oneself from the most tightly knotted ropes, and dispelled all notions of spiritual agency in connection with the noise of tambourines'and bells within the cabinet. Altogether, the exhibition is astonishing and thoroughly good.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2996, 2 November 1882, Page 2
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177THE ROYAL ILLUSIONISTS. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2996, 2 November 1882, Page 2
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