Limelight
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Limelight is a non-electric type of stage lighting that was once used in theatres and music halls. An intense illumination is created when a flame fed by oxygen and hydrogen is directed at a cylinder
Heating calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) in a stove burner causes it to glow, although this is not as bright as a real limelight.
A 19th century limelight used for stage lighting. Collection: Stadsschouwburg (city theatre) Bruges, Belgium.
Ching Lau Lauro
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Ching Lau Lauro and Professor Ching were the stage names of a juggler and magician who performed outdoors and in theatres in London and the provinces. His real name is unknown; he was possibly Italian
Limelight
…at a public performance was outdoors, over Herne Bay Pier, Kent, on the night of 3 October 1836, to illuminate a juggling performance by magician Ching Lau Lauro. This performance was part of the celebrations following the laying of the foundation stone of the Clock Tower. The playbill called it koniaphostic…
Vauxhall Gardens where he performed in 1827
Top of the bill, Leeds 1834
Wolverhampton Assembly Rooms where he performed his full programme in 1834
The Pavilion Theatre where he performed in 1827