A Cultural and Media History of Stage Magic in the Late Nineteenth Century Rein, Katharina aut text xx Taylor & Francis 2023 monographic eng 1 online resource 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. Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English Circus and circus skills Comedy and stand-up Conjuring and magic The arts: general topics Theatre studies Theatre: technical and background skills Magic, Illusion, Theatre, Performance, Golden Age 9781003271086 9781003271086 9781032220796 9781032220802 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/99559 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/99559 Free-to-read All rights reserved oapen 230426 20260305123951.0 doab99559