The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-03 00:00:00

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
PRELIMINARY ANNOL SCE MENT.
WINTER SEASON, 1855.

THE GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH
begs most respectfully to announce that this favourite place
of amusement will OPEN on MONDAY, Rept. 3d, under new au-
spices, and with a series of Extraordinary Performances. As every-
thing the Wizard lays his hand on necessarily undergoes some
startling change, the Lyceum Thea:re will, by a wave of his Magic
Wand, be instantly transformed in:o the Wizard's Psycomantheum :
while the cl ,ss Enterta'nments presented within its walls will be
as unlike anything that has been seen before as it is rossible to con-
ceive. Preparations have been in progress far many months past to
produce these Entertainments on a scale of magnitude and excellence
worthy of the wizard's fame and popularity. His assistant spirits
have been ordered to spare no expense In the compounding of their
spells ; and the result it is hoped will be an Entertainment which,
for " startling effects," will far outstrip the wildest French melo-
drama ; with " rapid changes" more surprising than an actor's play-
ing twenty parts, in twenty different dresses ; with tricks more
wonderful than those of an adulterating tradesman and " trans-
formations" which would make the alchemists of old expire with
envy.

Pr.oev.ssoa ANDERSON (the Great Wizard of the North) having
comrleted the entire circuit of the globe, and visited almost every
part of Europe;Am •rica, 'lndia, and Australia, attended everywhere
with a degree of success unexampled, he believes, in the career of
any individual aspiring the titles of a co, m4,po,itan artiste, will give
hit extraordinary DELAtSEMEN-4 MAGIQUES' in the above
Theatre for a limited period, tireparatory to his final retirement
from punlic life. No exertion will be spared on his part to seem-,
the continuance oI the public favour which he hat hitherto enjoyed
wherever he has presented himself. On the Continent Irotn -t
P.dersim-g o Madld; in America, from Canada to Me\ leo, and
f-om New York t.. San Fr meiseo ; everywhere, in shot t, live the
Wizard's marvels succeeded most effectually in "astonishing the
nativ," of the various countries visited. His performances have
been prtroni ed y audiences am .unting in the ag.regate to very
many miltions ; and he is the only British Professor of his art
Who, In addition to having been honoured by all the Courts of
Europe, lvis also been commandel to perform before her Majesty
the QUEEN.

Without attempting to exalt the Professor's art beyond its due
deserts, let it suffice to say it Is his art. He has devoted h‘mself
for years to the perfecting it, and rend ring it more flt•ed to amuse
and entertain the public. That he has been successful in his efforts
he thinks, from what he has said, is pretty ee,tain ; Irdeed a life-
time spent in diligent pur uit of excellence in any art, whatever it
may he, can scarcely fall in prndueing some degree of efficiencv.
It is the result of this long study that will be presented at the
Lyceum Theatre. Feats in Modern Magic hitherto unattempted will
be exhibited by the ,id of apparatus outrivalling any that bas been
previously constructed.

Innth r feature in Professor Anderson's Delassemens Vaglques
will be a complete disclosure of some of the principal Impostures 01
the age, with illustrations of the mechanism, mystery, and mischief
of Spirit-rapping, Table-turning, Clairvoyance, and other delusions,
to be classed generally under the now popular head of the " sell
theory. In the Wizard's performances there wal be found ;rift' ,
for those who seek merriment ; mystery, for those wbo fancy the
mysterious ; parados es, for the lovers at the paradoxical ; wonders,
for those who like the wonderful ; startling surprises, 'or those eager
for excitement. There will be science for the sage, wisdom for the
philosopher, art for the artistic, and cheerfulness for all. It will be
tile Professor's; object. in fact, to produce a play each night in which
the aidience themselves shall be the actors, and which, whatever
the plot may be, hall certainly be free from the fanit of many mo-
dern dramas—the fault of lacking Incident or exciting situations and
unexpected denouement.
Such will be the general character of the Wizard's Banquet of
Wonders. It will be an ordinary to which he will welcome all.
The bill of fare will shortly be published in the programme now
preparing; and Professor Anderson, the carver of the feast, will
spare no effort to please the taste of every guest who may honour
his table with his presence—cutting it fat or lean as each may wish

On MONDAY, Sentember 3d, and every night during the week,
PROFESSOR ANDERSON, THE GREAT WIZARD OF THE
NORTH, will have the honour of presenting his new series of
DEL ASSEMENS AGIQUES, or the Wonders of the Ancient
Magi, and the most renewned of Modern Magicians. The Great
Wizard will select the most recherche experiments of his various
programmes—from that submitted by him to her Majesty, at Bal-
moral, to that which obtained the approval of the President of th.
'United States ; together with special novel feats, invented express y
for the occasion, and embracing his extraordinary and amusing illus•
trations of Spirit-Rapping. The Entertainment w.ll consist of
Twelve Acts, divided into two parts, and arranged so that the in
forest shall dramatically accumulate to its final denouement in the
twelfth act. Act Ist—" Le Livre des Recueils Choises." Act 2d—
" Magical Locomotion." Act 3d—"L'Ecrin de Ve, re." Act 4th—
" The Cabalistic Counters." Act sth—" The New Bottle of Bacchus."
Act 6th—" The Mysterious Parcel." Act 7th—" The Homological
Evaporation." Act sth—" The Aqua-avial Paradox." Act 9th—
" The Mesmeric Couch." Act 10th--" Half-an-hour with the Spirits ."
Act 11th—" The Enchanted Chair of Comus." Act 12th—" The
Mystery of the Charmed Chest." Farther particulars in Programme
of the Day. Doors open each evening at Half-past Seven ; com-
mence at Eight. Private Box's, 1/. I 1 s. Gd. and I/. Is.; to te ob-
tained at the Box-office, or at Messrs Sams, Mitchell, Ebers, Hook-
ham, Bailey and Moon, Cramer and Beale, Leader and Cock, Chap-
pell, &c. Stalls. 4s. Dress Circle, 3s. Upper Boxes, 2s. Pit, Is.
Gallery, Gd. The Box-office is onen daily from 10 till 5, under the
direction of Mr. Chatterten. Grand Fashionable Morning Perform-
ance on Saturday next, September Bth, at Two o'clock ; doors open
at Half-past One.

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