Performing magic on the western stage [electronic resource] : from the eighteenth century to the present / edited by Francesca Coppa, Lawrence Hass, and James Peck ; foreword by Eugene Burger.

Performing Magic on the Western Stage examines magic as a performing art and meaningful social practice. The essays in this interdisciplinary collection analyze the work of numerous western theatrical conjurers and several non-western magical performances in their historical context. Throughout, the...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors:	Coppa, Francesca (Editor), Hass, Lawrence (Editor), Peck, James (James H.) (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history.
Subjects:	Magic > History. Magic. History.