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Lot 30

Chung Ling Soo. Early Chung Ling Soo Theatre Program. For t...

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Chung Ling Soo. Early Chung Ling Soo Theatre Program. For the week of May 19, 1902. Soo appears as the ?extraordinary Chinese juggler? seventh on a 17-act show at the Canterbury Theatre, London. Stiff card covers in two colors, interior fold reinforced.William Ellsworth Robinson debuted as the Chinese Magician ?Hop Sing Loo? at the Folies Bergere in Paris in 1900. Only a short time later, when this program was printed in London in 1902, his name had changed and he was well on his way up the ladder of fame.