{"product_id":"theatre-of-the-mind-vols-1-2-barrie-richardson","title":"Theatre of The Mind (Vols. 1, 2 \u0026 3) - Barrie Richardson (All 1st editions)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTheatre of the Mind - Barrie Richardson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"ctl00_Content_Description\"\u003e1999 recipient of the Psychic Entertainers Association award for creativity, and with over fifty years of professional performance behind him, Barrie Richardson has gathered together 53 of his best mental routines, many with complete presentations, for this large volume of baffling experiences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn THEATER OF THE MIND, you will find page after page, of fresh, practical material, tested and perfected before thousands of audiences; astonishing feats that use only ordinary items, and few of them, entertaining mental experiments that involve the whole audience, that pack small and play big, and that exploit a devilish combination of simplicity and cleverness. What you will discover in Theatre Of The Mind is a wealth of professional material at a pauper's price. A 320 page hardbound book with detailed instructions and illustrations! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLIKE NEW, HC w\/dj, 304 pages, c.1999 First Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAct Two: Theatre of the Mind - Barrie Richarson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eAct Two\u003c\/b\u003e, Barrie Richardson shows that he has lost none of his gentle thunder. His new book features 54 tricks, ideas and routines, with all the attributes for which his work has become known and admired. Most include full presentations that use humanity, humor and an unfaltering sense of drama, that culminate in feats that are clearly impossible and thoroughly amazing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong with some of his most prized routines, Richardson includes valuable examples taken from his professional repertoire of motivational talks for public and business audiences. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe scenes in \u003cb\u003eAct Two\u003c\/b\u003e amount to what might be called a modern \"miracle play.\" Here is a scant sampling of the action:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpectators name any card and a position in the deck. They count down to that position in an isolated pack and find their card at the precise number they chose. The performer never touches the cards, there are no forces or switches, and the deck is ungimmicked.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemarkable new billet techniques are applied to ordinary business cards and Post-It notes to create astonishing effects of mind reading.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA deck of cards, shuffled by two spectators, mysteriously separates into reds and blacks in their hands, while the performer tells of mysteries experienced on Mt. Kenya at the equator.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVarious feats of superhuman memory and rapid calculation convince audiences of the performer's extraordinary mental powers-and their own.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA strange solid form materializes under an ungimmicked cloth napkin, and then just mysteriously melts away.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe true and complete method is revealed for the ancient Jar of Rice Suspension, presented to a tale of training and accomplishment in China.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGround-breaking methods are explained for the divining of one or several mentally selected cards.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso included are three new deck-switches, done while standing, that require no sleights or use of pockets; a deck that secretly unshuffles itself after being mixed by a spectator; and many more mysteries using coins, bills, magazines, marbles, rope and more.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLIKE NEW, HC w\/dj, 366 pages, c.2005 First Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCurtain Call - Barrie Richardson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce More into Their Minds, Dear Friends!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAsk working performers, who has created the most practical and impressive mentalism in recent times and one of the first names you will hear is \u003cb\u003eBarrie Richardson\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCurtain Call\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is Mr. Richardson's third major collection of mentalism, and in it he has held nothing back. He opens with the full details for his entire professional act, follows up with dozens of wonderful tricks, routines and tools for the mentalist, and concludes with a unique piece that always brings a strong emotional response and a spontaneous ovation from his audiences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarrie Richardson\u003c\/b\u003e has a reputation for devising impenetrable mental mysteries that float upon multiple layers of deception. This is combined with a disconcerting directness that achieves the effect with minimal procedure and maximum power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether you are a fan or are encountering Barrie Richardson's work for the first time, if you enjoy theatrical, commercial and cunningly constructed mentalism, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCurtain Call\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e will fulfill your desires and expectations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCurtain Call\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e gathers the finest fruits of Barrie Richardson's creativity during recent years and embellishes the material he has been perfecting in performance for a decade and more. Included are many of his most guarded pieces...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn old key that turns and crawls eerily in the hand. Is it haunted? Is it psychokinesis? The effect meets and exceeds that accomplished by expensive mechanical keys, but uses an ungimmicked key that may be thoroughly examined before and after.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn ordinary pencil, lying across the open hand levitates in full light. Then, when someone is asked to lift it off the hand, he finds it impossible! Once the magnetic suggestion is removed, the pencil may be effortlessly taken and examined.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe mentalist writes down a target word. Someone then takes an imaginary stroll through a bookshop, chooses any book, any page and any word. When the word is revealed it proves to be the performer's target word! The person is then asked to concentrate on the mentally chosen page number in the imaginary book - and someone from the audience divines it!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncredibly powerful tools for the mentalist are revealed. Among them are some of the most deceptive billet peeks and switches ever published; a new gimmicked envelope that permits the contents to be glimpsed or stolen, yet can be freely handled by spectators; a perfected standing switch of a full deck of cards. All have fooled expert performers as well as the public.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the past, Mr. Richardson has gained a reputation for coming up with some of the best and most practical methods for the elusive Card at Any Number effect. In \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCurtain Call\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e he reveals what he considers his finest version, done with an ordinary and legitimately shuffled deck.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book you needn't worry about what is behind the curtain. 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