Download or read book Tampa, England's Court Magician written by Gary R. Frank and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the name Tampa - England's Court Magician, Ray S. Sugden toured throughout the United States as the third unit of master magician Howard Thurston. Vaudeville was coming to a show business halt while talking pictures were sweeping the country. Just around the corner was The Great Depression. Dante the Magician wasn't pleased to read Tampa's claims of working with Thurston in the creation of several illusions. Thurston was lighting the fire under both of his performers and the outcome was becoming a pattern for Thurston. You will read what happened to Sugden's career, see photographs, advertisements, actual publicity never seen before. Sugden's professional career as Tampa was dampened by events of occurrences planned and unplanned. Included in the book is a full color gallery of posters, Christmas cards, and more. This is a great companion book to Sugden the Magician - The Wonder Show of the Century.