PT Selbit

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PT Selbit (born November 17, 1881 in Hampstead (London) , County Middlesex ; † November 19, 1938 ; real name: Percy Thomas Tibbles ) was an English magician . He was the first to demonstrate the Illusion of the Sawed-Up Virgin .

Live and act

In the early 1900s, Tibbles became a professional illusionist . From 1902 to 1908 he performed with a "pseudo-Egyptian" performance under the stage name Joad Heteb ( Joab Hetab ). In 1912 and 1913, Tibbles worked for Maskelyne and Devant . He later developed his future pseudonym by reading the surname backwards, omitting the second Bs; in addition there were the initials of the first names.

The Sawn-up Virgin , developed by him, was first demonstrated by Selbit on January 17, 1921 at Finsbury Park Empire. He also developed the following illusions: Walking through a Wall (1914), Girl / Man without a Middle (1924), Through the Eye of a Needle (1924), Million Dollar Mystery (around 1927), Stretching a Girl , Avoiding the Crush , The Mighty Cheese and Selbit's Blocks . The Siberian Chain Escape may also be from Selbit.

PT Selbit has a seat in the Society of American Magicians Hall of Fame today .

Publications

author

  • The Magician's Handbook: a Complete Encyclopedia of the Magic Art. 1901. (2nd edition: Marshall & Brookes, 1902; 3rd edition: Dawbarn & Ward, 1904) ( cover and table of contents, online version ).
  • The Magical Entertainer. G. Ornum, 1906.
  • Sawing Thro 'A Woman. In: The Magic Wand, Vol. 9, No. 108, February 1921.

editor

  • 1905-1910: The Wizard. Later, under other editorship, The Magic Wand.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ PT Selbit. In: Magicpedia.
  2. According to LCCN information.