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Rameses
From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
Rameses (1876 - July 31, 1930) born Albert Marchinski in Poland, performed as the Egyptian Wonder Worker.
He did a United States tour in 1910 and was the first magician appeared at the London Palladium music hall in 1911. He was at one time a highly paid music hall artist. Maurice Fogel, in his teens, was once an assistant.
His shows consisted of large illusions on a brilliantly set stage. Some of his famous ones were the Ayesha levitation where an assistant floated gracefully while dancing and skipping; the the cremation illusion; and the automaton "Vril".
He died almost penniless of colon cancer at the age of 54.
References
- Cover Sphinx Vol. 09, December 15, 1910.
- Rameses: The Forgotten Star by Chris Woodward, Genii 2010 April
