Games of skill, and conjuring: including draughts, dominoes, chess, morrice (1865)
London, New York, G. Routledge and sons · leaf 122
cept a rectan-gular space close to the floor in front; to this opening you may, ifyou think proper, fix a painted proscenium. Now place a small towel-horse, hung with black stuff, at the distance of a foot behind theproscenium to serve as a background to the stage^ and to conceal yourlegs while you… … The puppets may be illuminated by candles placed on the floor infront of the proscenium. The spectators are to be stationed as farfrom the show as possible, so that they may not perceive thethreads. The performer takes his seat behind the small horse, and holdingthe stick to which the threads are…
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