The dispute between magicians in ‘The Prestige’ is one that actually happened in France in the early 19th century. And as with any good tale of magic, all is not as it seems, writes Beatrice ...

The most famous magician of the Victorian period was Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin – the man who inspired Houdini's stage name.

In Victorian times, up-close magic shows were all the rage, with skilled magicians performing mysterious tricks at elegant parties in private homes.

A short movie captured by a Victorian magician appeared to be lost. But it's now reappeared, and in 4K even.

The British Library exhibits selections from its archive on Victorian entertainment, all collected by the 19th-century magician Evanion.

Midsummer can be magical and on Saturday evening, July 29, the magic was everywhere on the great lawn in front of the former Lewisburg High School. It’s as if I ...

Green-Wood Cemetery’s 10th annual extravaganza, “A Night at Niblo’s Garden,” transformed one of the cemetery’s most ...

In this alternate reality version of Victorian England, there historically were three types of supernatural practitioners: sorcerers, magicians and witches.

Daniels' toupee sold for £2,730 and a poster for Victorian magic act Maskelyne and Cooke at St James's Great Hall London in 1873 fetched £5,720.

The Prestige follows two stage magicians at the close of the Victorian era, Alfred Borden (Bale) and Robert Angier (Jackman), who engage in increasingly dangerous one-upmanship and competition, ...