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Houdini speaks to the living

September 28, 2016 - Harry Ransom Center

The trick is to bring Houdini back. Show him to us. Let us hear him speak, watch him make his magic, feel his presence among us, let Houdini live again! [Read more…] about Houdini speaks to the living

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing Arts Tagged With: Beth Burns, Harry Houdini, Harry Houdini collection, Houdini Speaks to the Living, Hungarian, Magic, Research, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Spiritualism, The Hidden Room, theater, tricks, verbatim theater

Houdini: Illusionist and collector

September 22, 2016 - Eric Colleary

Unidentified photographer, [Harry Houdini in chains and ball weights with police], ca. 1900. Gelatin silver print, 14 x 9.5 cm.

This Halloween marks the ninetieth anniversary of the death of the great illusionist Harry Houdini. Born Ehrich Weisz in Budapest in 1874, he got his start as a trapeze artist before turning his attention to magic. [Read more…] about Houdini: Illusionist and collector

Filed Under: Digital Collections, Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing Arts Tagged With: Budapest, conjuring, digitized collections, Discoverie of Witchcraft, Ehrich Weisz, Harry Houdini, Harry Houdini collection, Hoblitzelle Theatre Arts Library, hypnotism, Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, Magic, magician, McManus-Young collection, Mystery!, playbills, posters, Ransom Edition, Reginald Scot, scrapbooks, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, sleight of hand and stage magic, Spiritualism, witchcraft

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