I have a degree in theatre, but I can’t be expected to remember everything. 
There is a classic modern play – on the scale of Ibsen or Chekhov – that includes a scene in which one of the characters performs magic tricks. It always struck me that the stage directions said things like “A bird appears in her hand” without any instruction as to how to bring about these results.
I believe the character performing these tricks is a female, and she performs several in succession. A whole paragraph of stage directions is taken up with this.
I could have sworn the play in question is Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, but I scoured that work three times and couldn’t find any such thing.
So, theatre goers, theatre lovers, theatre students – what play am I thinking of? Or have I finally lost my mind?