(Bottle Conjurors Hoax) | London's most ridiculous riot ever!

(Bottle Conjurors Hoax)
A Modest Apology for the Man in the Bottle by Himself. London: Printed for J. Freeman, [1749]

8vo (172 x 105 mm). Title within ruled border, postscript at the end; title laid down with right side of border penned in. Modern black cloth-backed marbled boards.

A large audience packed the New Theatre in the Haymarket on the evening of the 16 January 1749. They waited, and continued to wait for hours, all the while growing tired and restless. When the conjuror failed to appear, the audience rioted and destroyed the theater.

REFERENCE:
ESTC T74361

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