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'''Wilmont Barclay''' was a professional mind reader, hypnotist, magician who performed as "Maharajah". | '''Wilmont Barclay''' (?-c.1932) was a professional mind reader, hypnotist, magician who performed as "Maharajah". | ||
== Biography == | |||
Barclay had an illusion show for many seasons in Luna Park, Coney Island, New York, and later in Starlight Park in the Bronx.<ref>Success Book Volume Two by Frances and Jay Marshall (1974)</ref> | Barclay had an illusion show for many seasons in Luna Park, Coney Island, New York, and later in Starlight Park in the Bronx.<ref>Success Book Volume Two by Frances and Jay Marshall (1974)</ref> | ||
One anecdote has Barclay | One anecdote has it that Barclay used the term "escape artist" prior to [[Houdini]], and allegedly taught Houdini his first handcuff escapes in 1895 while they were both performing at a dime museum in Boston. | ||
In November, 1906, Barclay made the London newspapers by placing his wife in a state of suspended animation and burying her six feet underground for 104 hours. | In November, 1906, Barclay made the London newspapers by placing his wife in a state of suspended animation and burying her six feet underground for 104 hours. | ||
During the | During the 1920s, Barclay worked with [[Rhadolph Marcelliee]]. Marcellic and his wife performed a mental act and Barclay as Professor Maharajah performed fifteen illusions with an escape from the milk can as a finale. The troupe of "Professor Maharajah's Yogis annd Gooroos of India" disbanded late in 1932 when Barclay died. <ref>A History of Blacks in Magic BY JIM MAGUS, Linking Ring, December, 1983</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:49, 23 April 2023
| Wilmont Barclay | |
| Born | Wilmont A. Barclay Kingston, Jamaica |
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| Died | circa 1932 |
Wilmont Barclay (?-c.1932) was a professional mind reader, hypnotist, magician who performed as "Maharajah".
Biography
Barclay had an illusion show for many seasons in Luna Park, Coney Island, New York, and later in Starlight Park in the Bronx.[1]
One anecdote has it that Barclay used the term "escape artist" prior to Houdini, and allegedly taught Houdini his first handcuff escapes in 1895 while they were both performing at a dime museum in Boston.
In November, 1906, Barclay made the London newspapers by placing his wife in a state of suspended animation and burying her six feet underground for 104 hours.
During the 1920s, Barclay worked with Rhadolph Marcelliee. Marcellic and his wife performed a mental act and Barclay as Professor Maharajah performed fifteen illusions with an escape from the milk can as a finale. The troupe of "Professor Maharajah's Yogis annd Gooroos of India" disbanded late in 1932 when Barclay died. [2]
References