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Hello,
I am putting together a small parlour Classic Magic Act. I am trying to find magic routines that would have been popular in the 18th & 19th century period.

The ones I think fit this bill would be:
Cups & Balls
Linking Rings
Zombie (maybe?)

But I need your input for others for this time period. Any help would be appreciated. Please remember that I need Parlour not Stage routines.

Thanks in advance.

magic draw box.
change bag.
misers dream.
cut n restored rope.
ring off / on rope.
sand frame.
mirror box.
dove vanish box.
multiplying balls.
silk tricks.

should give you some food for thought.

Parlour magic was something Max Malini ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Malini ) specialised in. Even when he did it in hotels the setting was that of a Parlour. Most of his magic was close up and simple using cards, coins, buttons, borrowed cigarettes etc. He'd also produce a large block of ice from a borrowed hat. Dai Vernon wrote an excellent book Malini And His Magic' and that has lots of ideas and routines in it.

I may have the wrong timescale in mind but wouldn't there also be quite a bit of séance type magic? Psychics, spirit cabinets etc?

banknote in walnut

I always do bill in lemon if it a small parlor show. A classic for all ages.

magicdiscoman wrote:ring off / on rope.
should give you some food for thought.

what's this? is it same as sankey's key one?

basicly its a ring that is threaded onto a rope and visibly jumps off and on the rope similar to sankeys key in some of the moves.

pm'd you.

Thanks for all the routines. Keep them coming!

I have to ask, what is a mirror box?

dear Zanoni,

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