page_title: Ching Lau Lauro
section_title: Prestigious commendations
hierarchical_section_title: Ching Lau Lauro / Reviews / Prestigious commendations
context_page_description: Ching Lau Lauro and Professor Ching were the stage names of a juggler and magician who performed outdoors and in theatres in London and the provinces. His real name is unknown; he was possibly Cornish and he was popularly known as Ching. He was the first magician in Europe to perform the aerial suspension illusion, and possibly the first to use limelight, and one of the earliest Western magicians to perform in Chinese costume. In 1834 he played at The Theatre, Leeds.
context_section_description: In 1830 he performed at the Brighton Pavilion for William IV and Queen Adelaide and promptly received a letter of commendation from their secretary: 
  Sir, by their Majesties' command, I have to state that your various performances at the Pavilion, on the 15th of September 1830, were approved by their Majesties. I am sir your obedient servant, H. Taylor. Reproduced on a playbill, Wolverhampton 10–14 March 1834.
   The same playbill states that he had received similar letters of approval from the Earl of Denbigh, the Earl of Bradford and the Marquis of Westminster.
caption: Brighton Pavilion where he performed for William IV
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