'Astonishment seized me. My bones shivered within me. My flesh trembled over me. My lips quaked. My mouth opened. My hands expanded. My knees knocked together. My blood grew chilly, and I froze with terror.'
The magic lantern is believed to have been invented by Dutch polymath Christiaan Huygens in the seventeenth century. Samuel Pepys reports having attended a demonstration of one in his diary for 1666. The early itinerant lanternists or “gallantry showmen” would set up stall in wayside inns or at country fairs, projecting eerie visions of demons, skeletons and phantoms, which could be utterly terrifying for audiences who had never before seen any form of technology. In the Victorian age with its obsession with the Gothic and spiritualism whole theatres were devoted to magic lantern shows, where magicians would conjure up ghosts and seemingly raise the dead.
For London Month of the Dead 2024, lanternists Jeremy and Carolyn Brooker will summon up this art of illusions with his 19th Century Magic Lantern at Guy's Hospital Chapel. Watch and quake as skeletons waltz across the wall and nuns bleed to their death despite a life of virtue. A live soundtrack will be provided by pianist Stephen Horne.
| Ticket | Event time | Cost |
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The Phantasmagoria
An Magic Lantern Show with Live Music Accompaniment |
19:30 - 22:00 | £15.00 |
Address
Guys Hospital Chapel, Entrance via the Courtyard, St. Thomas Street, London, SE1 9GU
Nearest Station
London Bridge (Tube)
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