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Eric Hawkesworth

Eric Hawkesworth

(Britain: fl.1960s - 70s)

Pro, specializing in paper magic and puppetry. Wrote booklets for beginners: Practical Lessons in Magic (1967, 71pp), Conjuring (1971, 86pp), and A Magic Variety Show (1973, 96pp), and others.

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Eric Hawkesworth
The Legend of the Willow Pattern by Eric Hawkesworth

This charming act tells the story of the Willow Pattern plate design and the performer first shows how two sheets of ordinary newspaper have been glued together and pleated to make the basic paper fold. A variety of different figures is then produced by fanning, folding and twisting the pleated paper strip to illustrate the story of the Willow Pattern legend; they include a giant fan, double fan, bridge, pagoda door, sun, boat of dreams and twin stars. With a little practice, each figure flows into the next with almost magical effect and the complete routine is a good example of stage origami. ...

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The Art of Paper Tearing (used) by Eric Hawkesworth

Hardcover with dustjacket in good condition. Some yellowing of the dustjacket. For details on the contents see the digital edition.

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The Art of Paper Tearing by Eric Hawkesworth

Old newspapers are the only raw material needed for paper tearing, and this ebook describes a number of ingenious and highly entertaining routines. The performer prepares the basic shapes beforehand and then tears out the figures before the eyes of the astonished audience, accompanying his actions with appropriate patter. The ebook provides full instructions and detailed diagrams for the whole process and includes enough material for several complete programmes.

  • Foreword
  • Preparing the Papers
    • Folding Long Paper Strips
    • Preparing Paper Rolls
    • Circles and Squares
    • Other Basic Folds
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Rag Picture Shows (used) by Eric Hawkesworth

Hardcover with dustjacket in very good condition. For details on the content see the digital edition.

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Rag Picture Shows by Eric Hawkesworth

This is the first ebook to offer a complete course of instruction in preparing and performing rag picture shows, which make a highly entertaining act for the amateur - and professional - conjuror. Rag pictures are composed of shapes cut out of felt, foam plastic, or any other suitable material and placed on a display board covered with black velvet or any other stuff with a surface pile to which the shapes will adhere. A few basic shapes can be used in a remarkable variety of ways; for instance, the handbag which Cinderella takes to the Ball later becomes the skirt of her wedding dress, while...

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Puppet Shows to Make (used) by Eric Hawkesworth

Hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition. For details on the contents see the digital edition.

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Eric Hawkesworth
Puppet Shows to Make by Eric Hawkesworth

In this ebook Eric Hawkesworth deals with the whole art of entertaining with puppets. He gives detailed instructions on how to make many different kinds of puppets, and the stages for them to perform on - everything from a Punch and Judy booth to a model theatre. Construction methods are simple and clearly illustrated by the author's diagrams, and the materials are inexpensive. Each section of the ebook describes a complete act using a particular form of puppet - glove, 'living' marionette (in which the performer's head appears as the head of the miniature puppet), finger, shadow, rod, and string....

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Making a Shadowgraph Show (used) by Eric Hawkesworth

Hardcover with dustjacket in excellent condition. For details on the content see the digital edition.

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Eric Hawkesworth
Making a Shadowgraph Show by Eric Hawkesworth

Some simple hand movements, a linen screen, and a battery-operated projection light are the basic ingredients of an ideal home entertainment. Once learned, all the primary hand shadow effects can be easily adapted to create other figures and characters. These can be still further varied by the use of cardboard cut-out accessories, making possible a whole new range of effects whereby a dachshund can quickly become a crocodile, and a pop-singer change to a policeman.

The author explains, with the help of diagrams, how to make and operate a shadowgraph screen. He describes the basic hand formations,...

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Eric Hawkesworth
Conjuring (used) by Eric Hawkesworth

Hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition. For details on the contents see the digital edition.

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Eric Hawkesworth
Conjuring by Eric Hawkesworth

This ebook gives directions for a number of conjuring tricks that depend on skill rather than costly apparatus for their magical effect. They include examples of mind-reading, escapology, ventriloquism, and stage illusions, and each section of the ebook is devoted to a particular type of act.

The success of any show depends on coordinating the movements with the patter. It is important that the two should be practiced together, so an outline script is provided with each trick.

  • Foreword
  • A Complete Conjuring Act
    • Effect
    • Accessories and Apparatus
    • Presenting the Routine: What to Say and...
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Chapeaugraphy Act by Eric Hawkesworth

Here is an up to date Chapeagraphy Act done with two colored plastic "hat brims" that you can prepare yourself and a boy and a girl from the audience.

Many different hats are twisted and formed from a simple chapeau brim and the performer, with the assistance of two members of the audience, creates a whole procession of interesting characters from the pages of history. In the routine, two chapeau brims are used, a pink one for the females and a blue brim for the male characters enabling each new hat shape to be produced in an alternating color.

Detailed instructions with many pictures...

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A Magic Variety Show (used) by Eric Hawkesworth

Hardcover with dustjacket in excellent condition. For details on the content see the digital edition.

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A Magic Variety Show by Eric Hawkesworth

This ebook describes a number of new variety acts for the amateur entertainer that will enable him to present up-to- date versions of Chapeaugraphy (making many hats from one brim), Mind Reading, Chinese Paper Folding, Magic Spelling, Paper Tearing, Lightning Cartoons, Shadowgraphs and Magic.

Practically all the materials used to construct the simple props can be found in the home or bought in local stores, and great use is made of ordinary newspaper.

It is vital that talk and action should be practised together, so a detailed script with full patter and performing notes is given with...

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