Magic reading list
Dawes, Edwin A., The Great Illusionists, New Jersey, Chartwell Books, 1979
Dawes, Edwin A., and Arthur Setterington, The Book of Magic, London, Admiral Books, 1986
Fisher, John, Paul Daniels and the Story of Magic, London, Jonathan Cape, 1987
Gibson, Walter, Secrets of the Great Magicians, London: Collins, 1976
Hopkins, Albert A., compiler and ed., Magic, Stage Illusions, Special Effects and Trick Photography, New York: Dover Publications,1976
McGill, Ormond, The New Encyclopedia of Stage Hypnotism, Carmarthen, Anglo American Book Co., 1996
Milbourne, Christopher, The Illustrated History of Magic,London, Robert Hale,1975
Steinmeyer, Jim, Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible, London, Arrow, 2005
Symes, Michael, Magic and Illusion,Princes Risborough, Shire, 2004
Waters, T.A., The Encyclopedia of Magic and Magicians (Oxford, Facts on File, 1988
British Design 1948–2012: Innovation in the Modern Age
31 March–12 August 2012
Showcasing over 300 British design objects, this exhibition celebrates the best of British post-war art and design from the 1948 ‘Austerity Games' to the summer of 2012.
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Event - Subsidy, Patronage & Sponsorship : Theatre and Performance Culture in Uncertain Times
Thu 19 July 2012 10:30
CONFERENCE: The V&A and the University of Reading are organising an international conference related to the major AHRC project, ‘Giving Voice to the Nation': the Arts Council of Great Britain and the development of theatre and Performance in Britain 1945-1995.
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