02606namaa2200517uu 4500 doab99559 oapen 20260305123951.0 m o d cr|mn|---annan 230426s2023 xx |||||o ||| 0|eng d 9781003271086 9781003271086 9781032220796 9781032220802 10.4324/9781003271086 doi oapen oapen eng dc AB bicssc ATD bicssc ATDH bicssc ATXC bicssc ATXD bicssc ATXF bicssc Rein, Katharina aut Techniques of Illusion A Cultural and Media History of Stage Magic in the Late Nineteenth Century Taylor & Francis 2023 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star This book explores stage conjuring during its "Golden Age", from 1860 to 1910. This study provides close readings highlighting four paradigmatic illusions of the time that stand in for different kinds of illusions typical of stage magic in the "Golden Age" and analyses them within their cultural and media-historical context: "Pepper's Ghost", the archetypical mirror illusion; "The Vanishing Lady", staging a teleportation in a time of a dizzying acceleration of transport; "the levitation", simulating weightlessness with the help of an extended steel machinery; and "The Second Sigh", a mind-reading illusion using up-to-date communication technologies. These close readings are completed by writings focusing on visual media and expanding the scope backwards and forwards in time, roughly to 1800 and to 2000. This exploration will be of great interest to students and scholars in theatre and performance studies. All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English Circus and circus skills bicssc Comedy and stand-up bicssc Conjuring and magic bicssc The arts: general topics bicssc Theatre studies bicssc Theatre: technical and background skills bicssc Magic, Illusion, Theatre, Performance, Golden Age DOAB Library. https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/99559 0 Free-to-read: DOAB: description of the publication 93036 93036