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[[File:Frederick_Bancroft,_prince_of_magicians,_the_magician's_castle,_performing_arts_poster,_1895.jpg|thumbnail|250px300px|left|Poster for Frederick Bancroft - Prince of Magicians, 1895]]
Magicians have relied on quick fingers and slight of hand to entertain audiences around the world for thousands of years. Magic is enjoyable because "a magic trick properly performed is a puzzle with a solution, a riddle without an answer, a mystery without the last revealing chapter." The simple cup and ball trick is even depicted on the walls of an ancient Egyptian tomb.<ref>Paul Curry, Martin Gardner, Julio Granda, <i>Magician's Magic</i>, (Dover, 1965), p. 14-15.</ref> Magic as a performance art had stood the test of time.
