The review of the musical Big Society (The Stage, January 26, page 18) mentions, among the cast recreating the bill of a music hall, a "duff magician". It's sad (but interesting) that so many writers for stage and screen can't think of any comedy to work with the character of a magician besides making him (usually) inept, frequently killing their birds or rabbits in a show. (Among its numerous factual errors, 2006's …
SOURCE: The Stage at 12:08PM on February 2, 2012