Chat about specific magicians and their shows, their careers and their place in the history of magic.
Moderators: nickj, Lady of Mystery, Mandrake, bananafish, support
by Discombobulator » Jan 17th, '12, 10:19
Article and short Review of Magic circle's oldest member's POW experience.
How he used magic to make life more bearable in POW camps.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/a ... ds-newsxml" target="_blank
*edit* @mods perhaps this would be better in hall of fame section ?
Last edited by
Discombobulator on Jun 7th, '16, 08:39, edited 1 time in total.
¿ sɹoɹɹıɯ ʎq ǝuop ןןɐ sʇı
"who? no I dont know him", Derren Brown
"no idea who he is !", Kenton Knepper
"Is he a magician ?", Penn&Teller
-
Discombobulator
- Senior Member
-
- Posts: 678
- Joined: Nov 15th, '05, 00:30
- Location: Newcastle (58:AH)
-
by Mandrake » Jan 17th, '12, 10:45
Moved as suggested.
-
Mandrake
- '
-
- Posts: 27494
- Joined: Apr 20th, '03, 21:00
- Location: UK (74:AH)
by mark lewis » Jan 17th, '12, 19:13
Oddly enough I knew a magician named Michael Roth who also used magic to survive a prisoner of war camp, but in Germany rather than Japan. He also used magic to survive in the camp. He said that in the closing months of the war he was on starvation rations in the camp. Oddly enough his main complaint was not with the Germans but with the British Government who he pursued and harassed for years after the war. In fact decades. At issue was money he claimed the British government owed him for army payment not given to him when he was in the camp. He moved to Toronto but still pursued the UK government on behalf of ex-servicemen who had the same experience of not getting their money and questions were asked in parliament over it. He was in the newspapers of the day quite often over the matter. He told me "The British Goverment have never treated their veterans very well".
Here is one snippet about him:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1 ... 09,5512269" target="_blank
-
mark lewis
- Elite Member
-
- Posts: 3875
- Joined: Feb 26th, '05, 02:41
-
by Discombobulator » Jun 7th, '16, 00:20
... as featured on the winning BGT act !!!!
¿ sɹoɹɹıɯ ʎq ǝuop ןןɐ sʇı
"who? no I dont know him", Derren Brown
"no idea who he is !", Kenton Knepper
"Is he a magician ?", Penn&Teller
-
Discombobulator
- Senior Member
-
- Posts: 678
- Joined: Nov 15th, '05, 00:30
- Location: Newcastle (58:AH)
-
by magicofthemind » Jun 7th, '16, 10:44
I saw Fergus perform on stage at TMC a few years ago. He's one of the best magicians I've seen.
Barry
-
magicofthemind
- Advanced Member
-
- Posts: 1198
- Joined: Nov 28th, '06, 19:27
- Location: London, England (SH/CW)
-
Return to Magicians' Hall of Fame
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests