The Drawing Room Entertainer by Cecil H. Bullivant

The Drawing Room Entertainer by Cecil H. Bullivant

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  • PART I. VENTRILOQUISM
    • CHAPTER I. The Practical Ventriloquist
      • No New Thing
      • Practice makes Perfect
      • There is Hope for All
      • A Useful Accomplishment
      • How to Begin
    • CHAPTER II. Breathing and Use of Figures
      • Methods of Breathing
      • Vocalisation
      • How to speak without moving the Lips
      • Ventriloquial Figures
      • Estimate of Outlay
      • A Few Practical Hints
    • CHAPTER III. Voice Illusions
      • Near and Distant Voices
      • The Drone
      • The Basis of the "Near" Ventriloquial Voices
      • Different Kinds of "Distant" Voices
      • Voices from Above
      • Voices Below
      • Level Voices
    • CHAPTER IV. The Near Voice
      • "Near" Voices
      • The Old Man
      • The Negro Voice
      • The Costermonger
      • Farmer and Sailor
      • Other Voices
      • Voice for "Little Girl" and "Little Boy"
    • CHAPTER V. Distant Voices
      • From Near to Distant
      • Dialogue for Two Figures
      • Short Humorous Recitations
      • Use Handy Accessories
    • CHAPTER VI. A Complete Performance
      • What to Do and what to Avoid
      • How to Dress
      • A Few General Hints
  • PART II. CONJURING
    • CHAPTER I. Easy Tricks without Apparatus
      • Modern Conjuring
      • Coin Tricks
      • Heads or Tails?
      • To Place a Halfpenny in the Hand and Make it Disappear
      • To Catch Coins
      • To Vanish a Coin
      • A Disappearing Halfpenny
      • The Multiplied Sixpence
      • Tricks with Paper
    • CHAPTER II. Miscellaneous Drawing-room Tricks
      • Paper Rings
      • The Magic Plate
      • Bending a Watch
      • Some Card Tricks
      • To Produce and Vanish a Handkerchief
      • A Meal of Cotton Wool
    • CHAPTER III. Simple Appliances for more Difficult Tricks
      • The Enchanted Canister
      • Hat Tricks
      • The Mysterious Cones
    • CHAPTER IV. Mesmerism and Mysteries
      • Mesmeric Influences
      • Table Lifting Extraordinary
      • The Productive Vase of Water
      • A Shower of Cards
      • The Changing Silks
    • CHAPTER V. Some Startling Illusions
      • A Novel Hat Trick
      • The Vanishing Bird-Cage
      • D'Albert's Cylinder
      • A Summing Up
  • PART III. POPULAR ENTERTAINMENTS
    • CHAPTER I. Vocal Mimicry
      • Voice Imitations
      • The Blue bottle
      • The Saw-mill
      • Wind
      • The Boiling of a Kettle
      • The Little Dog
      • Farmyard Noises
      • The Cuckoo
      • A Sheep
      • The Banjo and Trombone
    • CHAPTER II. Clairvoyance or Second-Sight
      • What Is Clairvoyance?
      • Tricks of Divination
      • Divination with a Watch
      • Which Number was Struck Out?
    • CHAPTER III. Some Strange Experiments
      • A Simple Method of Thought-Reading
      • To Name, Blindfolded, the Cards in a Pack
      • To See through a Folded Handkerchief
      • A Simple Code
    • CHAPTER IV. Further Marvels
      • Dr. Lynn's Experiment
      • A Simple Drawing-room Trick
    • CHAPTER V. The Art of Recitation
      • How to Speak Acceptably
      • Pitch
      • Pronunciation
      • Articulation
      • Gesture
      • Tone
      • Emphasis
      • Pauses
      • Two Valuable Reciters
      • An Ample Choice for Selection
      • A Good Humorous Reciter
    • CHAPTER VI. The Art of Shadowgraphy
      • The Light
      • The Screen
      • Presentation
      • A Shadow Pantomime
  • PART IV. THE PLATFORM STAGE
    • CHAPTER I. The Drawing-room Comedian
      • A "Patter" Comedian
      • How Best to Begin
      • Take Hints from Useful Models
      • The "Make-Up"
      • Rehearsing is Essential
      • The Pianist's Part
    • CHAPTER II. The Sketch Artist
    • CHAPTER III. Variety Programmes
      • The Sketch Artist and the Conjurer
      • Clairvoyance with Shadowgraphy
      • Imitations and Recitations
      • The Drawing-Room Comedian and the Ventriloquist
    • CHAPTER IV. Methods and Management
      • Home Entertainments
      • Engagements
      • Fees and Charges
      • How to Fulfil Engagements
      • Dress
      • Manner
    • CHAPTER V. Some Valuable Hints
      • Clear Enunciation
      • A Bright Manner
      • How Failure may be Met
      • The Services of an Accompanist
      • Programme
      • How to Check Interruption
    • CHAPTER VI. How best to Secure Engagements
      • The Services of Agents
      • In the Country
      • Cards and Pamphlets
      • Whom to Approach
      • Parish Institutions
      • Cultivate a Courteous Habit
      • Work in Towns
      • Clubs
      • Garden Parties
      • Public Bodies

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