New Adaptation of the Ghost Illusion.
--The
Times, noticing the pantomime at Her Majesty's Theatre, says:‘"The illusion which fixes then traction most of any in the whole place, and which led to a unanimous call for
Mr. Harrison and
Mr. S. Manice, the inventor, is the 'Ridos Aldee,' by the agencies of which, actors and actresses, without moving from the stage, are rendered visible and invisible almost at the same moment.
They are not, as in the case in other ocular deceptions, placed below the stage level, because, with the aid of a very powerful glass, the outlines of the figures can be distinguished in the same spot after the object has faded from the unassisted vision.
Watched by the eye alone, the effect is of the most startling character.
Upon the self-same spot where one character has been plainly visible but the twinkling of an eye previously, another, in a totally different attitude, is revealed.
This, in turn, disappears, and the original figure returns, with the addition of one or two others.
These then all die out together, per-haps to re-appear in different order.
As an illusion, it is certainly the most clever and successful of the day."’