The Audacious Alex Elmsley

ONE EVENING AT THE MAGIC CIRCLE Alex Elmsley was asked to show something to a group of card magi. A man with an open mind to any method required to achieve a magic effect, be it a set-up deck, a sleight or a gimmick, he pulled the following stunt which later he told me he’d drummed up [...]

Posted on July 13th, 2008 by John
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Dai Vernon – Sleight of hand Virtuoso or All Round Magician?

DAI VERNON was one of the greatest creative magicians of the last century who as a teenager could perform nearly everything in Erdnase. He was a master of brilliant sleights and moves that baffled magicians everywhere. Yet whilst he was entertaining on a cruise ship which called at Acapulco he was asked by the staff [...]

Posted on March 12th, 2008 by John
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