Butterworth, Philip: Magic on the Early English Stage ©2005 Cambridge University Press Hardcover, 6x9", 318 pages ISBN-13 978-0-521-82513-9

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Contents (from book ToC):

xv Foreword by Edwin A. Dawes
xix Prefatory note
xx Acknowledgements
xxii Note on the text

1 Introduction

7 1 Jugglers: the creators of magic
26 2 Feats of activity: juggling, tumbling and dancing on the rope
49 3 Conveyance and confederacy
74 4 Appearances and disappearances
98 5 Magic through sound: illusion, deception and agreed pretence
113 6 Mechanical images, automata, puppets and motions
140 7 Substitution
159 8 Stage tricks
180 9 Terminology

195 Appendix 1 Edward Melton's text (1681)
200 Appendix 2 Wily Beguild (1606)
202 Appendix 3 Beggars' Bush (1622)
204 Appendix 4 The Knave in Graine (1640)

207 Notes
261 Bibliography
291 Index