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A Magic Variety Show (Limited/Out of Print) by Eric Hawkesworth – Book
£11.02
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Looking for a source explaining wide-ranging magic effects? You’ve found it here! Eric Hawkesworth’s A Magic Variety Show is a great book dedicated to creating an act containing multiple styles of traditional magic. These styles include Close-up magic, Stage Magic, Illusions, and Predictions. Also covered are magic’s “fringe” arts: Paper Tearing, Drawing Ambiguous Images, Shadowgraph, etc. This book doesn’t stop there — Showmanship and Presentation are also covered. Of course, this book contains standard magic with Cards, Coins, and effects utilizing all the traditional Magicians’ accoutrements.
Contents include:
- Chapeaugraphy
- Making and Forming the Chapeau Brim
- Famous People in History
- The Great Computo
- Card into Crystal
- A Sweet Prediction
- Name of the Game
- Chinese Paper Folding
- Making the Pleated Paper Fold and Forming the Figures
- Legend of the Willow Pattern
- Magic Spelling
- Making and Lettering the Paper Strip
- A Poem of Thanks
- Paper Tearing
- Preparing the Paper Folds
- Voyage of the ‘Saucy Sue’
- How to Make the Drawing Board
- The 3D Parrot
- Mr. Equation
- A Magic Production
- A Stage Shadowgraph Show
- Screen and Projection Lamp and Making Hand Shadowgraphs
- The Adventures of Sam Shadow
- It’s Magic!
- Coins A-Plenty
- Power of the Press
- Snow White Wash
- Showmanship and Presentation
- Staging the Acts with Extra Props, Costumes, Lighting, Music, and Stage Settings
- Act Nameboards and Programmes
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Description
Looking for a source explaining wide-ranging magic effects? You’ve found it here! Eric Hawkesworth’s A Magic Variety Show is a great book dedicated to creating an act containing multiple styles of traditional magic. These styles include Close-up magic, Stage Magic, Illusions, and Predictions. Also covered are magic’s “fringe” arts: Paper Tearing, Drawing Ambiguous Images, Shadowgraph, etc. This book doesn’t stop there — Showmanship and Presentation are also covered. Of course, this book contains standard magic with Cards, Coins, and effects utilizing all the traditional Magicians’ accoutrements.
Contents include:
- Chapeaugraphy
- Making and Forming the Chapeau Brim
- Famous People in History
- The Great Computo
- Card into Crystal
- A Sweet Prediction
- Name of the Game
- Chinese Paper Folding
- Making the Pleated Paper Fold and Forming the Figures
- Legend of the Willow Pattern
- Magic Spelling
- Making and Lettering the Paper Strip
- A Poem of Thanks
- Paper Tearing
- Preparing the Paper Folds
- Voyage of the ‘Saucy Sue’
- How to Make the Drawing Board
- The 3D Parrot
- Mr. Equation
- A Magic Production
- A Stage Shadowgraph Show
- Screen and Projection Lamp and Making Hand Shadowgraphs
- The Adventures of Sam Shadow
- It’s Magic!
- Coins A-Plenty
- Power of the Press
- Snow White Wash
- Showmanship and Presentation
- Staging the Acts with Extra Props, Costumes, Lighting, Music, and Stage Settings
- Act Nameboards and Programmes
