In 1920 he made a headline tour of all the Stoll theatres in London and in 1923 he was asked to join one of Maskelyne's productions.
Lionel Weatherly a psychiatrist and John Nevil Maskelyne a magician wrote The Supernatural? (1891) which offered rational explanations for apparitions, paranormal and religious experiences and Spiritualism.
Later, when the hall came under the control of the Maskelyne family, a more settled policy was adopted and it soon became known as England's Home of Mystery.
He was one of an established family of stage magicians, the son of Nevil Maskelyne and a grandson of John Nevil Maskelyne.
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