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Magicians mark 100 years of sawing people in half

A magician performs with a model who presents a creation by Indian designer Manish Arora [Photo: Benoit Tessier]

He came, he sawed, he conquered. One hundred years ago on Sunday, illusionist P.T. Selbit put a woman in a box on the stage of London’s Finsbury Park Empire and sawed right through the wood, creating a magical classic.

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