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[[File:Frederick_Bancroft,_prince_of_magicians,_the_magician's_castle,_performing_arts_poster,_1895.jpg|thumbnail|300px|left|Poster for Frederick Bancroft - Prince of Magicians, 1895]]__NOTOC__
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.
