David Devant (22 February 1868 – 13 October 1941) was an English magician, shadowgraphist and film exhibitor. He was born David Wighton in Holloway, London...

David Devant & His Spirit Wife are an English indie/art rock band from Brighton, England. They are named after the English magician and early film exhibitor...

and early 20th centuries, magicians such as John Nevil Maskelyne and David Devant, Howard Thurston, Harry Kellar, and Harry Houdini achieved widespread...

multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the lead guitarist in the art-rock band, David Devant and his Spirit Wife, and in the 1983-5 incarnation of The Monochrome...

George's Hall in Langham Place, where David Devant and John Nevil Maskelyne were regularly seen performing. Devant became the first president of The Magic...

magic and who took Nixon to watch performers such as Nevil Maskelyne and David Devant. One magician who made an early impression on the young boy was Stanley...

characters names were the same as those of the actors who portrayed them. David Devant & His Spirit Wife were the "house band" for the series, performing segments...

Victorian-era devices. He worked with magicians George Alfred Cooke and David Devant, and many of his illusions are still performed today. His book Sharps...

candles and gentleman's walking canes. 1997 Blackstone Theatre Award. 2016 David Devant Award from The Magic Circle, given "to those who have made a significant...

recalled to the Soviet Union under suspicion "Pimlico", a 1996 song by David Devant & His Spirit Wife Pimlico Sound, a lagoon in North Carolina, United States...

1920 British silent crime film directed by Charles Raymond and starring David Devant, Robert Clifton and Charles Raymond. It was a 12-chapter serial showcasing...

October 2011, received The Magic Circle's highest international award, The David Devant. He had also been honoured internationally including the "Gold Plaque"...

album) (1993) Ginger, a 1987 album by The Figgs "Ginger", a 1997 song by David Devant & His Spirit Wife "Ginger", a song by Irving Berlin "Ginger", a song...

rose petals. Top performers included Vesta Tilley, Sir George Robey, David Devant, Anna Pavlova, Harry Lauder and Cecilia Loftus. The organisers did not...

included the French showmen Émile and Vincent Isola, the British magicians David Devant and John Nevil Maskelyne, and the American cinematographers Billy Bitzer...

firms George Darnell, schoolmaster and author of Darnell's Copybooks David Devant, theatrical magician Alfred Lamert Dickens, the younger brother of Charles...

"the Vessel", he is songwriter and singer of the cult art-rock band, David Devant and his Spirit Wife. Side projects have included Carfax, a collaboration...

levitated. According to the magician John Booth the stage mentalist David Devant managed to fool a number of people into believing he had genuine psychic...

demonstrate the trick in the open. Magicians such as Harry Blackstone Sr., David Devant, Horace Goldin, Carl Hertz, Servais Le Roy and Howard Thurston incorporated...

Our Own Dang" by Jungle Brothers and Monie Love "Dolphin Square" by David Devant & His Spirit Wife "Dolly Birds & Spies" by The Cleaners from Venus "Doesn't...

On 23 August 2011, he was a featured performer on the 'Late Show with David Letterman' as part of their second "Drum Solo Week", along with such players...

and at the age of 13, was responsible for the lighting for magician David Devant at the Bristol Empire in 1917. He began hanging around backstage at the...

to toe. A more common modification was introduced by English magician David Devant as "The Obliging Tea Kettle", at the suggestion of his wife. Kettles...

12-chapter serial directed by Charles Raymond for T&P Films, starring David Devant and Lady Doris Stapleton; features a Yellow Peril menace called Ching...

(born 1953), British physicist David Devant (1868–1941), English magician David Dewey (born 1956), American painter David Dewhurst (born 1945), American...

Prince, Alfred Lester, Clarice Mayne, Charles Aldrich, George Robey, David Devant, Wilkie Bard, Harry Lauder, Cecilia Loftus King George V, Queen Mary...

Giorgio Napolitano. On September 2, 2019, Arturo Brachetti was awarded The David Devant Award for Services to International Magic by The Magic Circle, presented...

French short silent film by Georges Méliès, starring the magician David Devant. Devant, a major stage illusionist based in London, was an early proponent...

Magic: The Art in Magic, the Theory of Magic, the Practice of Magic (with David Devant) and On the Performance of Magic. Maskelyne married Ada Mary Ardley (1863–1918)...

1905 - July - The Magic Circle was formed. Its first President was David Devant. This is a prestigious organization for magicians and has strict rules...