I’m reading the book “The Secret Life of Houdini” it mentions that Houdini started touring the Orpheum vaudeville circuit around 1899. It states he was billed as “The Wizard of Shackles, A Man of Marvels” also just “Man of Shackles”. In Joplin, MO., he decided on the billing “The King of Handcuffs”. I’m just wondering if this would be the same Orpheum Theatre as mentioned in the book.
I’m reading the book “The Secret Life of Houdini” it mentions that Houdini started touring the Orpheum vaudeville circuit around 1899. It states he was billed as “The Wizard of Shackles, A Man of Marvels” also just “Man of Shackles”. In Joplin, MO., he decided on the billing “The King of Handcuffs”. I’m just wondering if this would be the same Orpheum Theatre as mentioned in the book.