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Free Mummer play royalty free available to theater troupe, church groups, and actors world wide

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Goblin Mummer play by Jerry Williams available royalty free worldwide My mummer play, Goblin mummer play is available for free to any theater troupe, church group, or actors who wants to stage it.  It is fairly simple, and I adapted it to a youtube clip.  You can use it royalty free, all I ask if you perform it credit me, and send me a pic, video, or info of where it was performed in the comments below. The mummer play is a hallmark of christmas, and deals with death and rebirth and was performed by villages throughout Europe. For more information about Mummer plays click here    mummer play information Here is the video adaption I did of the play, but feel free to do your version of it.

Chung ling Soo and the bullet catch trick gone wrong

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Magic and danger Chung ling Soo's bullet catch illusion Chung ling Soo and the bullet catch trick gone wrong At the recent Ken Daniels's Fright Night Film Festival weekend in Louisville, I was talking to the charming actress/filmmaker Megan Lynette Hunt and I mentioned at the end of the day we are all magicians. From filmmakers, writers, painters, musicians, and all arts in one shape or another we are magicians.  As a former elementary school magician, the magic was pulling over the reality of something miraculous (restore a cut rope, find a coin out of the air, etc) despite people's skepticism and knowledge there was a 'trick' involved somehow.  If you were a successful magician, you presented an illusion that both shocked and involved the audience. That bending of reality and illusion is a hallmark of fantastic magicians like Chung ling Soo, who at the early 1900's England was packing theaters with his traditional Chinese magic.  It was said,