Stuthard, Joe: Stooging Around ©1949 George Armstrong, A Magic Wand Publication, London Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 36 pages

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Comments: Edited by Geoffrey Robinson, A.C.A. "The complete act, and other secrets, with an accent on entertainment and comedy, of one of the most successful music hall artistes of the business to-day." Using confederates in your act.

Contents (from book):

6 Dedication
7 Foreword (Geoffrey Robinson)
8 Introduction

9 Chapter 1 Getting Stooges
10 Chapter 2 Handling The Stooges
12 Chapter 3 Pickpocket Tips
15 Chapter Getting Rid Of Nuisances
16 Chapter 5 Watch And Keys Routine: a pickpocket routine
18 Chapter 6 Rope Through Body: comedy version
19 Chapter 7 A Lesson On The Torn And Restored Paper: with five spectators
22 Chapter 8 Torn And Restored Shirt: spectator's shirt is taken off in pieces and returned restored
23 Chapter 9 Cut And Restored Necktie
25 Chapter 10 Removing A Shirt
26 - Coat Type Shirt
26 - English Type Shirt
27 - Routine Using the Shirt Gag
27 Chapter 11 Just Chance (Henry Fletcher): for club meetings
28 Chapter 12 Clay Pipes And Vanished Wand (George Wall-man): adjusting a standard effect to Stooge use; with full dialogue
32 Chapter 13 Odds And Ends—Close-Up And Otherwise
32 - The Card In Ihe Envelope
33 - A Mental Miracle
33 - Telepathy Supreme
34 - A Card Is Selected
34 - The Pickpocket Gag
34 So Long

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