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Handy-Bandy
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| Handy-Bandy | |
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| Born | Fuad Makarius circa 1899 Egypt |
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| Died | circa 1933 (age 33) |
Handy-Bandy, with his American wife who performed as "Nadia-Nadyr", presented an Egyptian style magic act throughout Europe in the 1920s.
Starting out performing a Japanese act in variety theaters around Berlin, inspired by Okito's Oriental magic. After a great deal of criticism from those who had seen both performers, Makarius took on the character of a Egyptian.
The placed the London Coliseum in 1927.
The were last seen at the beginning of the German Nazi era, around 1930-33. [1]
References
- ↑ HANDY-BANDY and NADIA-NADYR Fred Maldino, Magicol No. 136