CARTER THE GREAT

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 136, 30 August 1927, Page 15

CARTER THE GREAT

AT HIS MAJESTY’S

The great magician and king of wizards, Carter the Great, again entertained a very large audience at His Majesty’s Theatre last evening. The programme opened with a sheaf of mysteries, including the inexhaustible bottle, from which the members of the audience were supplied with any kind of “nip” they were partial to, apparently finding the liquor true to label. The star item of the entertainment is that in which Miss Ethel , Wayne is placed in a casket, which is sawn in half. The two halves are then put together again, and the young lady walks out of the box and bows to the audience. This item is staged as the latest triumph in bloodless surgery.

Another remarkable success in the long and varied evening's work is that entitled “Cheating the Gallows,” in which the intended victim, after the black gown is adjusted and the fateful bolt drawn, actually appears at the foot of the scaffold in the role of manipulator of the mechanism. The audience with difficulty realised the lightning change from criminal to executioner, but there it. was.

A further thrilling item was “The Torture Cell of Spikes,” and but for the fact that the shrieks of the beautiful young maiden were lacking it was difficult to believe that a mediaeval form of punishment was not being revived with the most modern equipment. Here again the victim emerges from the ordeal wreathed in smiles. Besides many other efforts betokening his versatility in the field of legerdemain, Mr. Carter collaborated with Miss Evelyn Maxwell in a marvellous exposition of mental telepathy, or thought transference, and if inquirers did not always get from The gifted medium the solution they wanted, at least no one ventured to question the replies. Carter the Great will continue his season to-night, and during the rest of the week, and will give matinees on Wednesday and Saturday.