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unmaskingrobert00houdgoog.pdf | 215 | THE UNMASKING OF ROBERT-HOUDIN only breaking this rule when presenting his show before H. M. Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort. He played the provinces, then went over to Dublin, where, although unable to speak English, he was a ver- itable sensation. In 1844 Döbler played a return STREET, ar. SATURDAY EVENING, date at the St. James APRIL. 10, 1842 la Ne - by Theatre, London, and sme LOUIS DOBLER, this time he had Ander- to - the of son as a rival at the Thé- - - - the gener NATURAL cummer âtre Royal Adelphia. MAGIC Döbler amassed a for- lass keil the - of - de - of Name - tune very rapidly; in fact - - - - NER MAJESTY THE QUEEN & H.R.M. THE PRINGE ALBERT. The - be divided inte Twe Para and with Mark - he retired in 1847, and by M. - Eigli - - PROGRABNE OF PERFORMANGE PART L never again appeared on The Magle Illumination, Tero Hundred Candles lighted by One Platol Shot The Magle Looking Olass. The Wandering The Travelling Bottle. The Witched Chair. the stage. He always ex- The Sympathetle Fruit. The Wonder The Corresponding Clooks. Kitchen. PART n. plained his early retire- Farmes The Magnetic Sword. The Notallie newer Zoots. Instantaneous The Great Necamotage. The Miracuions Washing ment by saying: "The More and There. Floga's aifta. vass THURSDAY. APRIL 91; and ou SATURDAY, APRIL ss. public loves me, and I PIt, Se. Gallery Stalls, is. ed. A - Orehostre Datte - be 9a. - - PRIVATE BOXEA, ITALLA - TICKETS - be - - Royal Librasy, ss, osd want it to always love me. Mr. asqunt's Librasy, Regent-street; Mr. sams's Librasy, Jamos's-streed; Andas - - of the Thestre, whieb le - - . Pivo I may return and be a # - - at as failure, so it is best to A Döbler programme from the Eva- know just when to stop." nion collection, dated 1842, now in the possession of the author. He died in a little village near Tunitz, on April 17th, 1864, when one of God's noblemen was laid to rest. "The Travelling Bottle" alluded to by Döbler in his programmes was nothing more or less than "The Inex- haustible Bottle." The following excerpt from the London Chronicle during Döbler's engagement at the St. James Theatre, April, 1842, is illuminating: |