rofessor Paul H. Trattner epitomizes an itinerant performer circa 1750 to 1850 traveling the mid-Atlantic colonies of Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania bringing news from the major townships of Williamsburg, Annapolis, Washington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. Sometimes conveying the news in song, a puppet play in verse, and even offering some medieval liniment; for a price, to cure whatever aches or pains might be ailing you. He might cut a silhouette of you or your loved one or read the bumps on your head using the science of ‘Phrenology’.

rofessor Trattner will amaze, amuse, and yes even astound you as he performs his “Curious and Innocent Diversions for Parlor and Refined Gatherings”. Some call these diversions magic and others science as so often the twain do meet.