Herrmann, the Great

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A great amount of attention has been given by Herrmann to his stage setting, but he must talk. If he mustn't, he does. No one understands the language or the accent he is employing, nor does anyone know or care what he is saying.
Mr. Herrmann makes a pass to finish the job with some talk, but recovering in time brings the audience back to a state of wakefulness with some first-class illusions, that of his glass enclosed trunk probably being the best shown by any magician to-day.
If Mr. Herrmann would pay strict attention to his magic and palming at the beginning his act would come out much better.
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Variety 10:3 (10/19/1907)