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1999 recipient of the Psychic Entertainers Association award for creativity, and with over fifty years of professional performance behind him, Barrie Richardson has gathered together 53 of his best mental routines, many with complete presentations, for this large volume of baffling experiences.
In THEATER OF THE MIND, you will find page after page, of fresh, practical material, tested and perfected before thousands of audiences; astonishing feats that use only ordinary items, and few of them, entertaining mental experiments that involve the whole audience, that pack small and play big, and that exploit a devilish combination of simplicity and cleverness. What you will discover in Theatre Of The Mind is a wealth of professional material at a pauper's price. A 320 page hardbound book with detailed instructions and illustrations!
Barrie Richardson (1934-2015) was a mentalist.
Richardson earned a B.A. from Carleton College, and an MBA from Indiana University, where he also earned his doctorate degree in marketing, business and government, applied economics, business history and philosophy.
He served in the U.S. Army Transportation Corp, Industrial Engineering.
He taught at Bethany College, Arizona State University, Indiana University, Hope College and at Centenary College of Louisiana. While at Bethany College in the late 1960s, he taught economics and served as one of the youngest ever Dean of Faculty.
He was also a motivational speaker and led workshops on leadership and teamwork.
In 1983, Barrie went to Centenary College as Dean of the Frost School of Business. In his last year of teaching in 2001, he was awarded the Outstanding Teacher Award.
His first magic performances were as a youth in the veteran's hospitals in his native Chicago. As a young professor, he began to invent and publish new effects. After his retirement from teaching, he renewed his zest for magic and mentalism. He performed for President and Mrs. George H.W. Bush at their home in Kennebunkport, Maine.
He was a member of the Inner Circle of The Magic Circle in London; The International Brotherhood of Magicians; The Psychic Entertainers Association; The Sark Secret Magic Society; and The Buenos Aires Magic Society in Argentina.