Patrick "Pat" Page (17 March 1929 – 11 February 2010) was a stage

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born in

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, Scotland. He became a professional magician at the age of 26 and worked at Davenport's magic shop for fifteen years. In 1950, he married Margaret Manzie, who died in 2003. Pat was the youngest of six siblings. He left behind his daughter Janette, son Jeremy and Grandson Robert. He appeared on The

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Magic Show and was an uncredited consultant to the film Casino Royale. He worked as an advisor to

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and contributed to the children's magic show ''

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''. He appeared in, or advised films and television shows: the 2007 film

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, Agatha Cristie Poirot:The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim (1990), Heroes of Magic (2000), Tales of the Unexpected: Season 5, Episode 5 Stranger in Town (23 May 1982), Derren Brown Presents the 3D Magic Spectacular (2009). On his death Jack Delvin, president of

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described him as the "magician's magician". Magician

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described him as a "great friend, mentor and magical adviser". Other magicians affirm Page's skills and legacy. Page is known for his work on numerous magic tricks, including the

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, Easy Money, The Miser's Dream and The Kitson Miracle. Page also did "master classes" at a local venue in Holborn London (it was recently found out from several Magic circle members) In addition to inventing magic tricks, he published books and DVDS and advised professional magicians. Many of his routines are used by professional magicians including

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and Rafael Benatar. He wrote various books, including The Big Book of Magic and published articles in the magician's magazine ''Pabular''.

Topit

The Topit was popularised by Page. It is a utility item (a type of hidden pouch) that is used by a magician to conceal items or make them appear to vanish.

Easy money

This trick was invented by Page. The effect is that blank pieces of paper are shown, the blank paper then appears to turn into paper money. This is a type of ''Bill Switch'' published as a DVD and in the book ''Magic Page by Page''. Easy Money has been re-released by Greg Wilson, in the DVD Wilson attributes his method to Page.

Publications

* Topit (1966) *Bell's Magic Book (1973) *The Big Book of Magic (1976) *Magic by Gosh: The Life and Times of Albert Goshman (1985) *The Pull Book (1987) *Card Games and Tricks *The Joker's Handbook *Magic *Magic Funstation *Tricks with Cards *Tricks with Coins *Tricks with Handkerchiefs *Tricks with Paper *The Pageboy Speaks Again *Miser's Dream Book *The page boy speaks *Patrick Page lecture notes (blue) *Patrick Page's book of visual comedy *How to entertain children with a glove puppet *Magic Page By Page

DVDS

*''Secret Seminar of Magic with Patrick Page Vol 1'' *''Secret Seminar of Magic with Patrick Page Vol 2'' *''Secret Seminar of Magic with Patrick Page Vol 3'' *''Secret Seminar of Magic with Patrick Page Vol 4'' *''Secret Seminar of Magic with Patrick Page Vol 5'' *''Secret Seminar of Magic with Patrick Page Vol 6'' *''Secret Seminars of Magic with Patrick Page'' : Rope Magic / Magic with Paper Volume 4

References

External links

Website run by his estate
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Page, Pat 1929 births 2010 deaths People from Dundee British magicians Academy of Magical Arts Masters Fellowship winners