Matthew Tompkins: SPECTACLE OF ILLUSION W2 [2019] hardback MANGA The New York Times No

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originally delivered as the first of the Granada Northern Lectures Peter Brook's The Empty Space is an exploration of four aspects of theatre

I stepped across the border out of Indiana into Ohio

a star-spangled T-shirt and boots with wings

You're off to Great Places

Matthew Tompkins: SPECTACLE OF ILLUSION W2 [2019] hardback MANGA The New York Times No'A spectacular treasury of treats. Page after page of utter joy: I can't tear my eyes away' Derren Brown In The Spectacle of Illusion, professional magician turned experimental psychologist Dr. Matthew L. Tompkins investigates the arts of deception as practised and popularised by mesmerists, magicians and psychics since the early 18th century. Organised thematically within a broadly chronological trajectory, this compelling book explores how illusions