The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-01 00:00:00

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
WINTER SEASON, 1855.

THE GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH
begs most respectfully to announce that this favourite place
of amusement will OPEN on MONDAY, Sept. 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 Theatre will, by a wave of his Magic
Wand, be instantly transformed into the wizard's Psycomaatheum ;
while the cl iss of Enterta nments presented within its walls will be
as unlike anything that has been seen before as it is possible to con-
ceive. Preparations have been In progress for 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.
Paormsson ANDERSON (the Great Wizard of the North) having
comi leted the entire circuit of the globe, and visited almost every
part of Europe, Am Tica, India, and Australia, attended everywhere
with a degree of success unexampled, he believes, in the career of
any individual aspiring to the titles of a co.mupolitan artiste, will give
his extraordinary DELASSEMENS MAuIQUES in the above
Theatre for a limited period, preparatory to his final retirement
from public life. No exertion will be spared on his part to secure
the continuance of the public favour which he has hitherto enjoyed
wherever he has presented himself. On the Continent. from st
Petersburg to Madrid; in America, from Canada to Mexico, and
from New York to San Francisco; everywhere, in short, have the
Wizard's marvels succeeded most effectually in "astonishing the
natives" of the various countries visited. His performances have
been prtroni-ed y audiences amaunting in the ag -regate to very
many millions; and he is the only British Professor of his art
who, in addition to having been honoured by all the Courts of
Europe, has also been commanded 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 ts his art. He has devoted himself
for years to the perfecting it, and rend, ring it more fitted to amuse
and entertain the public. That he has been successful in his efforts
he thinks, from what he has said, is pretty certain ; indeed a life-
time spent in diligent purnit of excellence in any art, whatever it
may he, can scarcely fail in producing some degree of efficiency.
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 aid of apparatus outriValling any that has been
previously constructed.
anoth r feature in Professor Anderson's Delassemens Magiques
will be a complete disclosure of some of the principal impostures of
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 will be found mirth,
for those who seek merriment ; mystery, for those who fancy the
rirrster'ous ; paradoxes, for the lovers •t• the paradoxical ; wonders,
for those who like the wonderful; startling surprises, 'or those eager
for excitement. There will be science for the gage, wisdom for the
philosopher, art for the artistic, and cheerfulness for all: It will be
the Professor's object. in fact, to produce a play each night in which
the aud.ence themselves shall 'be the actors, and which, whatever
tl•e plot may be, shall certainly be free from the fault of many mo-
dern dramas —the fauli; of lacking incident or exciting situations and
unexpected denouemens.
Such will be the general character of the Wizard's Banquet of
Wonders. It will be an ordinary to which ho will welcome all.
The bill of fare will shortly he 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, September 3J, and every night during the week,
PROFESSOR ANDERSON, THE CilthAT WIZARD OF THE
NORTH, will have the honour of presenting his new series of
DELASSEMEINS MAGIQUES, or the Welders of the Ancient
Magi, and the most reniwned of Modern Magicians. The Great
Wizard will select the most recherché 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 the
United States; together with special novel feats, invented express'
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
terest shall dramatically accumulate to its final denouement in the
twelfth act. Act Ist—" Le Livre des Recueils Choises." Act 2d
Magical Locomotion." ct 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—" he Aqua-avial Paradox." Act oth—
" The Mesmeric Couch." Act 10th—" Half-an-hour with the Spirits"
Act I th—" The Enchanted Chair of Comus." Act 12th—" The
Mystery of the Ckarmed Chest." Further particulars in Programme
of the Day. Doors open each evening at Half-past Seven ; com-
menee at Eight. Private Boxes, If. I Is. 6d. and I/. Is. ; to be 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, 6(1. The Box-office is open dally from 10 till 5, under the
direction of Mr. Chattorton. Grand Fashionable Morning Perform-
ance on Saturday nat.. Sqtember 8t1), at Two o'clock; doors open
at Tick-past Oao.