Bean Giant Handcuff Escape routine, written by Hardeen.

Hardeen. Bean Giant Handcuff Escape routine, written by Hardeen. Circa 1939. A detailed holographic manuscript outlining the presentation of an escape from a pair of Bean Giant handcuffs, in the hand of Houdini’s brother, Hardeen. The outline includes specific lines of patter (“With the assistance of one of the committee I’ll give you a practical demonstration…Will you kindly step forward, please? You don’t mind if I handcuff you?); as well as stage directions (“Place key between your teeth”). Written in ink on two sides of Hardeen’s pictorial stationery. Splitting at old fold, worn at extremities; good.