Wayne Dobson's Legacy Volume 2 - A Kind Of Magic

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Dobson, Wayne: Wayne Dobson's Legacy Volume 2 (A Kind Of Magic)
©2023 Vanishing, Inc.
Hardcover, 328 pages
ISBN: 978-1-954243-19-4

Volume 2: A Kind of Magic
Volume II starts with a touching foreword from David Williamson before diving into Wayne’s most popular, reputation-making routines. You’ll get the inner-workings to his best original effects, the routines that helped him achieve his international fame.

There’s something for everyone in this book. From the close-up magic miracles he performed on TV, like his poetic “Coins to Glass” or one-of-a-kind “Homing Death Card” routine, to his ingenious reframing of stage illusions like his take on the “Million Dollar Mystery” and, of course, his most popular classics like “Tossed Deck Pro”.

Wayne even shares every nuance of his go-to opening routine for winning over a crowd; his “Five Card Repeat”, which encapsulates how a pro’s revisiting of a tired classic can create a sparkling workhorse. This is the routine Wayne taught to Jeff Hobson, who pronounced it, “the very best opener for the stage magician, even today”.

For the first time ever, you’ll also receive the full script and workings of his infamous “Voices” routine that he performed during his Royal Variety Command Performance; a routine that many believe to be one of the greatest magic performances ever to grace the airwaves. Unlike other compilations of Wayne’s work, this book (and Volume III) stays true to his signature style. Instead of just explaining the basics of the routine, it dives into the necessary details and subtleties you need to truly learn the material. Given his limited mobility later in life, you’ll also get to see how he modified and reworked much of his material to be hands-off.

Contents of Volume 2
Preface (David Williamson)
Before We Begin
On Stage & Television
Opener & Five Card Repeat
An Englishman in New York
Banana Drama
Bottle Opener
The Crying Game
He Who Spelt It Dealt It
Invisible Deck 2.0
The Kid’s a Magician
Misdirection
Nailed
Silk in Cigarette Packet
Six Pack
The Spectrumalist
This Is Your Knife
Tossed Deck Pro
Vanishing Cigarette
Voices
Sponge Ball Vanish
On Stage & Television
Opener & Five Card Repeat
An Englishman in New York
Banana Drama
Bottle Opener
The Crying Game
He Who Spelt It Dealt It
Invisible Deck 2.0
The Kid’s a Magician
Misdirection
Nailed
Silk in Cigarette Packet
Six Pack
The Spectrumalist
This Is Your Knife
Tossed Deck Pro
Vanishing Cigarette
Voices
Sponge Ball Vanish
Wayne’s Stage Illusions
Box Jumping
Asrah
Card Illusion
Heads Off
Just in Case
The Passage of Time
The Pyramid
Room Service
Sawing Through
Close-up on TV
Coins to Glass
Cap & Pence
Continuous Do As I Do
Hanky Poo
The Homing Death Card
Flick-a-Flick
Razor Card
TV Shows
"A Kind of Magic"
“Wayne Dobson Close Up”