John Henry Anderson
Kincardine O’Neil, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 1814 - 1874
In 1840 John appeared at the Strand Theatre, London, where his ground-breaking illusions delighted audiences and received rave reviews. A confident self-publicist, John styled himself as ‘Professor Anderson’ and published several popular books on magic. On his return to Scotland he opened a 5,000-seat theatre in Glasgow where he performed magic and produced opera and variety shows. The first magician to pull a live rabbit from a top hat, he attracted the attention of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and performed for the royal couple at their castle in Balmoral.
When his theatre in Glasgow was destroyed by fire in 1845, John took his talents abroad performing throughout Europe, Russia, North America and Australia. One of several books written by John Henry Anderson, this contains 128 experiments, “adapted for performance at the parlour or drawing-room table or fire-side: practicable without expensive chemical or mechanical apparatus”.
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