And if that's not enough to tell the audience they're in for an evening that's something different, and to further evade and disarm their expectations, on the stage one of the actors temporarily plays the part of a rumpled “Lecturer”, complete with blackboard, chalk and stack of blue exam booklets. He holds forth with a truly substantive lecture on the history of sleight-of-hand and illusion—extemporaneously bantering back and forth with various members of the audience when the opportunity arises.
As curtain time approaches, everything comes together at once. The Lecturer hurriedly exits—much like the rabbit running late into the hole in “Alice in Wonderland”, the stage manager calmly walks on from the wings to center stage while calling the final cues, formally welcomes the audience, announces any cast changes and reminds them not to take photos. And the evening itself begins....
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