Magic Box Productions is the new home of the Fitzkee Trilogy

All the rights pertaining to it have been acquired from both Lee Jacobs Productions and The Fitzkee Estate.

IT'S BACK!

Finally the most famous trilogy in magic history is back in print and better than ever! These books have won the respect of great magicians around the globe and are once again here to teach and guide a new generation of conjurers.

Here is what the pros are saying:

 

"We didn't actually have books when I was growing up in Kentucky, but if we had I sure wish we had these of Fitzkee's. It would have saved me a lot of trouble." -Mac King

 

"Illuminating and inspiring! Any serious entertainer will keep this series in their must-have arsenal."- Anthony Reed

 

"I was lucky enough to have a magic mentor who steered me in the right direction many times. He had me get the Fitzkee Trilogy early on. They live on a special shelf of books that I revisit every few years. They are required reading for any serious student or creator of magic." -Kevin James

 

"If you read any three magic books in your life, make it these three." -David Kaye

 



The Fitzkee trilogy includes...

Showmanship for Magicians

The Trick Brain

Magic by Misdirection

NOW FOR A LIMITED TIME, GET THE ENTIRE TRILOGY AT THIS SPECIAL LOW PRICE- PLUS GET FREE SHIPPING*!

(*Avaliable for orders inside the continental United States only)

Only $65.00


Book One of the Fitzkee Trilogy:

SHOWMANSHIP FOR MAGICIANS

Complete Discussion of Audience Appeals and Fundamentals of Showmanship and Presentation

In 199 hardbound pages, Showmanship for Magicians takes up the subject of presenting of magic to gain the greatest audience response, including a detailed analysis of spectator appeals and how to incorporate them into the presentation of magic. Step by step, you will learn how to create a favorable reception through choice of material, style of performance, character of work, timing, pointing, pacing, building up to climaxes, emphasis, routining, arrangement of material, and in many other ways. This is the classic tome of stage craft written by a showman ahead of his time.

Some of the subjects covered in the 25 important chapters are:

Music * Rhythm * Youth * Sex Appeal * Personality * Selling Yourself * Color * Harmony * Sentiment * Romance * Surprise * Unity * Character * Situation * Costuming * Grooming * Make-Up * Personal Behavior * Confidence * Rehearsal * Physical Action * Group Coordination * Precise Attack * Economy * Brevity * Punch * Instinct * Grace * Effortless Skill * Music * Spectacle * Contrast * Comedy * Getting and Holding Attention * Types of Audiences * and more!

 

"When I read showmanship for Magicians, it was the first time I had read a book where someone said you have to take a trick and make it yours; you have to make it fit your personality. That was fantastic! My magic life changed with the reading of that book." -Mike Caveney

$22.00 (plus shipping and handling)

 


 

Book Two of the Fitzkee Trilogy:

THE TRICK BRAIN

The Trick Brain was created as a tool to help magicians develop new tricks. It teaches you how to create the mechanics of an effect with the understanding that how an effect is accomplished is not as important as the effect itself.

The Trick Brain is no mere book of tricks. It incorporates one of the most amazing ideas ever developed in magic. Dariel Fitzkee reduces all magic tricks to only 19 general, basic effects. Then he examines all the possible ways of combining any of these effects. He shows how to develop new tricks from old and how to evolve new plots and methods.

Then, you are introduced to The Trick Brain--an ingenious system, devised by Fitzkee, that actually

creates new effects...

tells you what you will need to develop...

actual things to use--and finally...

how to do the trick--even suggesting alternate methods!

Use this astounding system to create original tricks and original shows, or use it to revise old tricks. Reclaim magic props you no longer use. All of this is contained in a beautifully printed, 316 page hardbound volume.

 

"The Trick Brain was definitely ahead of its time. It formalized a way of brainstorming, teaching the process... Whether you use Fitzkee's actual steps or just use them as inspiration, The Trick Brain lets you appreciate the way magic is created and definitely starts you thinking in new ways." -Jim Steinmeyer

$30.00 (plus shipping and handling)

 


 

 Book Three of the Fitzkee Trilogy:

MAGIC BY MISDIRECTION

An Extended Explanation of the Magician's Application of the Psychology of Deception.

Magic By Misdirection applies the psychology of deception to the art of magic. The finest minds of magic have recognized it an important and monumental work on the subject.  It makes clear the psychological devices and methods you can use to deceive your audience:

Disguise

Attention Control

Simulation

Dissimulation

Interpretation

Maneuver

Pretense

Ruse

Anticipation

Diversion

Monotony

Premature Consummation

Confusion

Suggestion... and others!

Fitzkee supplies practical examples in the form of tricks incorporating and utilizing these principles.

 

"My card on forehead would not be what it has become today if not for Magic by Misdirection." -Michael Finney

 

$22.00 (plus shipping and handling)