SYNOPSIS:
Interpreting Magic is David Regal’s highly anticipated follow-up to Approaching Magic and represents far more than a collection of tricks. Combining over sixty polished routines with insightful essays and more than thirty in-depth conversations with many of magic’s leading performers and creators, the book explores how magicians transform methods into memorable experiences. Regal presents commercial material for close-up, parlor, and stage while sharing practical lessons on staging, structure, presentation, creativity, and the performer’s role as an interpreter rather than simply a demonstrator of secrets. The result is a book that develops both technical skills and artistic thinking, making it one of the most respected modern works on magical performance.
Book Details:
Author/Creator: David Regal
Publisher: Blue Bike Productions
Edition: 1st
Publication Year: 2019
Subjects: Cards, Coins, Money, Everyday Objects
Pages: 553
Skill Level: Intermediate
Availability: Vanishing Inc., Penguin Magic
TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Michael Carbonaro (p. i)
• Preface (p. iii)
Cards
• The Magicians (p. 1)
• Straight Face Aces (p. 5)
• Safe Deposit (p. 7)
• Staging, Structure, Conditions (p. 9)
• Departure Point (p. 12)
• Hamman’s Child (p. 16)
• Isolated Assembly (p. 20)
• The Part that Isn’t The Effect (p. 25)
• Thank You, Dean (p. 25)
• Ladies Gentlemen (p. 30)
• Win a Date with Marlo (p. 33)
• Marlo’s Favorite Aces (p. 36)
• One for the Ladies (p. 38)
• A Conversation with Simon Aronson (p. 44)
• A Conversation with Barry Stuart (p. 50)
• A Conversation with John Bannon (p. 60)
• Writing Magic (p. 65)
• The Opposite of a Card Trick (p. 69)
• The Crystal Ball (p. 72)
• Trust (p. 77)
• Warp Drive (p. 83)
• A Conversation with Gaëtan Bloom (p. 89)
• A Conversation with Eugene Burger (p. 94)
• A Conversation with Derren Brown (p. 101)
Card Moves
• The Tri-Swindle Control (p. 111)
• A Useful Palm (p. 113)
• It Will Never Happen Again (Part One) (p. 114)
• A Sequence (p. 115)
• Mixed Media Palm (p. 119)
• The Illegal Turn Control (p. 120)
• The Need to Fail (p. 125)
• A Conversation with Lance Burton (p. 127)
• A Conversation with Angelo Carbone (p. 134)
• A Conversation with John Carney (p. 140)
Close Up Magic
• Magic in Motion (p. 151)
• There (p. 152)
• Stones (p. 157)
• A Servante System (p. 166)
• Method and Effect (p. 167)
• A Ring Routine (p. 168)
• Glass Gold (p. 178)
• It Will Never Happen Again (Part Two) (p. 182)
• Plot (p. 183)
• My Crush (p. 184)
• Office Epic (p. 190)
• A Cup (p. 194)
• A Conversation with Mike Caveney (p. 197)
• A Conversation with Raymond Crowe (p. 204)
• A Conversation with Charlie Frye (p. 209)
• A Switching Device (p. 218)
• Tool of the Trade (p. 222)
• Box of Silver (p. 224)
• Eye on the Die (p. 233)
• Reasons (p. 237)
• Our Daily Bread (p. 239)
• Stabbing Season (p. 242)
• The Nigerian Prince (p. 246)
• You Me (p. 250)
• Rabbits (p. 255)
• A Conversation with Helder Guimarães (p. 264)
• A Conversation with Neil Patrick Harris (p. 269)
• A Conversation with Guy Hollingworth (p. 276)
Cards
• The Paris Assembly (p. 281)
• Clean Queens (p. 290)
• The Fairest One of All (p. 292)
• Hands-Off (p. 301)
• A Conversation with Kevin James (p. 304)
• A Conversation with Mac King (p. 309)
• A Conversation with Martin Lewis (p. 316)
• No (p. 322)
• Sticker Shock (p. 327)
• The Power in Not Knowing (p. 331)
• The Prisoner (p. 332)
• The Valentine Trick (p. 335)
• A Transposition (p. 340)
• Improving the Invisible (p. 343)
• A Conversation with John Lovick (p. 344)
• A Conversation with Max Maven (p. 348)
• A Conversation with Eric Mead (p. 355)
Monte
• Two-Eyed Monte (p. 363)
• Find the Dude (p. 366)
• Monte Python (p. 371)
• Perspicacity (p. 375)
• A Conversation with Jeff McBride (p. 382)
• A Conversation with Andy Nyman (p. 388)
• A Conversation with David Roth (p. 395)
• Paralysis (p. 402)
The Rainbow Set
• Rainbow Dream (p. 403)
• Rainbow Simon (p. 407)
• Rainbow in the Bag (p. 411)
• A Conversation with Jim Steinmeyer (p. 414)
• A Conversation with Suzanne (p. 420)
• A Conversation with Juan Tamariz (p. 427)
Stand-Up Stage
• Thirty Seconds (p. 433)
• Not Hattie (p. 434)
• Doctor, Doctor (p. 435)
• Fiscal Waste (p. 441)
• A Cop Wallet (p. 449)
• David’s Bottle (p. 453)
• A Moment (p. 458)
• The Beer, The Ball, The Baby (p. 466)
• Examining Examination (p. 471)
• In Flight (p. 472)
• A Conversation with Teller (p. 477)
• A Conversation with Johnny Thompson (p. 485)
• A Conversation with Paul Vigil (p. 489)
• Lucky Number (p. 493)
• Quotable (p. 499)
• The Secret (p. 505)
• The Human Element (p. 510)
• It Will Never Happen Again (Part Three) (p. 511)
• The Survey (p. 511)
• Tossed Across (p. 517)
• Falling Down (p. 521)
• Two Ships (That Pass in the Night) (p. 524)
• A Conversation with Michael Weber (p. 530)
• A Conversation with David Williamson (p. 536)
• A Conversation with R. Paul Wilson (p. 539)
• A Conversation with Rob Zabrecky (p. 545)
In Conclusion (p. 553)
