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The William W. Larsen Memorial Library
Creating Theatrical Magic
Author/Editor: Howard, Max
w/dust jacket
includes Creating Theatrical Magic DVD (H413.4.cr:DVD:AV)
Foreword (Lawrence Hass)
Acknowledgments (Max Howard)
Introduction
Part One: Our Story
The Beginning of It All
Becoming Aware
My First Magician
Discovering Magic
Two Life Lessons
Finding the Theater
Magic Again
I Put On My Big Boy Pants
Discovering Gus
Building the Show and Finding an Audience
The Actor and the Magician
The Coast, the Sun, and the River
New Beginnings
Part Two: The War Wizard Script, with Theatrical Annotations
Part Three: The Magic of The War Wizard
An Experiment in Alchemy
The Elusive Hank
To Make the Eagles Fly
The Card and Orange
Magic With Three Things
Bailey’s Magic
Escape from the Yankees
The Wand and Bottle
The Transformation of a Nation
A Good Thought
Part Four: Conversation
Reflections on the Run in Texas
Meeting Each Other And Discovering Gus and Jim
Theater Training, Learning Magic, Frank Everhanrt, and Jack Adams
Creating The War Wizard and the Two-Hour Version
The Political Dimensions
Life Lessons
Appendix
The Eye Deceived, the Ear Amused, and the Mind Astonished: The Scrapbook of Professor Gus Rich (Gary Hunt)
About the Author
About Theory and Art of Magic Press
