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The Great Secret of Shadow Pantomimes; Or, Harlequin in the Shades: How to Get Them Up and How to Act Them; With Full and Concise Instructions, and Numerous Illustrations (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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But to return to the shadows, which, as we have before intimated, were first exhibited at the Old Lyceum, and as the modus qaerandz' and manner of carrying it out was entirely in the heads, hands, and heels of the Frenchman's own family, and as all strangers were rigid ly excluded from being behind the scenes, the secret Was safely kept, and public excitement and curiosity consequently greatly in creased. Monsieur realized a very handsome sum of money, and with' this increased his substance, but it would appear that he was less careful of his shadows; for, on the exhibition being removed to Old Yauxhall Gardens, London, as the saying is, t'the cat got out of the bag, and it was soon found out that the whole sum'and substance of the wonderful illusion, Les Ombres Chinois,. Harlequin in the Shades, or the Man in the Moon, as he termed his performance, was and is nothing more than a clever adaptation of a very simple law in op tics so if any of our readers wish to amuse themselves and families, and astonish their friends, they will, with the assistance of the vari ous sketches and diagrams contained in this book, be able to aecom plish the same to the satisfaction of all the company present.
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- PublisherForgotten Books
- Publication date2020
- ISBN 10 1332133363
- ISBN 13 9781332133369
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages90
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