Sometimes it falls to one man.
Eight Things To Know
Harry Houdini played a five-day engagement at Birmingham’s Empire Theatre in April 1913. It was one stop on a four-month tour of the UK that showcased his new act, a daredevil’s trick called the “Box Escape Challenge.”
When Houdini came to town, his show began well before the curtain went up. He would first make a pre-…