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| birth_name = Alan Rabinowitz | | birth_name = Alan Rabinowitz | ||
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'''Alan Alan''' | '''Alan Alan''' (1926-2014) is a retired British escapologist and magician. He originated tricks and he has been honored by [[The Magic Circle]]<ref>Cover, [[Genii 2009 July|Genii Magazine, Vol. 72, No. 7, July 2009]], Alan Alan, A Detailed Life, by Noel Britten, page 52</ref>. | ||
== Biography == | |||
Alan achieved fame through a series of stunts staged for the media. He made headline news in 1949 when a "buried alive" stunt, performed for Pathe News, nearly went wrong.<ref>[http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=27181 Pathe News buried alive]</ref> He is credited with devising the burning-rope [[Straitjacket Escape]], in which he is suspended upside-down from a crane with a length of thick rope dowsed with petrol, once ignited there is a short time to escape before the rope burns through.<ref>[http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=9 Pathe News burning-rope Straitjacket Escape]</ref> He appeared in a number of television magic shows, including The Magic of David Copperfield. He also "taught" the inmates of Wormwood Scrubs prison how to escape from handcuffs in his performance with a number of other magicians. In more recent years he was seen on Simon Drake's [[Secret Cabaret]]. | Alan achieved fame through a series of stunts staged for the media. He made headline news in 1949 when a "buried alive" stunt, performed for Pathe News, nearly went wrong.<ref>[http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=27181 Pathe News buried alive]</ref> He is credited with devising the burning-rope [[Straitjacket Escape]], in which he is suspended upside-down from a crane with a length of thick rope dowsed with petrol, once ignited there is a short time to escape before the rope burns through.<ref>[http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=9 Pathe News burning-rope Straitjacket Escape]</ref> He appeared in a number of television magic shows, including The Magic of David Copperfield. He also "taught" the inmates of Wormwood Scrubs prison how to escape from handcuffs in his performance with a number of other magicians. In more recent years he was seen on Simon Drake's [[Secret Cabaret]]. | ||
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
* Hung Up Alan Alan [[Genii 1999 March]] Page 24 | * Hung Up Alan Alan [[Genii 1999 March]] Page 24 | ||
* Alan Alan [[Genii 2009 July]] | |||
== Awards == | == Awards == | ||
* 2006 when The Magic Circle's Maskelyne Award for services to British magic. | * 2006 when The Magic Circle's Maskelyne Award for services to British magic. | ||
{{References}} | |||
{{wikipedia}} | {{wikipedia}} | ||
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 61, No. 4 April 1981, Memoirs Of A Magician's Ghost, by John Booth, CHAPTER 159 - Thaumaturgical Repositories by the Thames – Alan Alan, page 54 | |||
* The Magic Circular, Vol. 99, No. 1063, February 2005, 29th November 2004, A NIGHT TO REMEMBER – ALAN ALAN, Reviewed by James Fortune, page 66 | |||
* Cover, The Magic Circular, Vol. 101, No. 1188, March 2007, 2006 Maskelyne Award Winner, ALAN ALAN “The Man Who Was Buried Alive”, by Michael Vincent, page 76 | |||
* http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/theatre-obituaries/10977900/Alan-Alan.html The Telegraph, Thursday 21 July 2016, Alan Alan | |||
*http://forums.geniimagazine.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=44858 | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:52, 5 November 2021
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| Born | Alan Rabinowitz November 30 1926 Salford, Manchester, UK |
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| Died | July 4, 2014 (age 87) London, UK |
Alan Alan (1926-2014) is a retired British escapologist and magician. He originated tricks and he has been honored by The Magic Circle[1].
Biography
Alan achieved fame through a series of stunts staged for the media. He made headline news in 1949 when a "buried alive" stunt, performed for Pathe News, nearly went wrong.[2] He is credited with devising the burning-rope Straitjacket Escape, in which he is suspended upside-down from a crane with a length of thick rope dowsed with petrol, once ignited there is a short time to escape before the rope burns through.[3] He appeared in a number of television magic shows, including The Magic of David Copperfield. He also "taught" the inmates of Wormwood Scrubs prison how to escape from handcuffs in his performance with a number of other magicians. In more recent years he was seen on Simon Drake's Secret Cabaret.
He was proprietor of Alan Alan's Magic Spot, a magic shop based on Southampton Row, London until its lease expired in the mid 1990s.
Bibliography
- Hung Up Alan Alan Genii 1999 March Page 24
- Alan Alan Genii 2009 July
Awards
- 2006 when The Magic Circle's Maskelyne Award for services to British magic.
References
- ↑ Cover, Genii Magazine, Vol. 72, No. 7, July 2009, Alan Alan, A Detailed Life, by Noel Britten, page 52
- ↑ Pathe News buried alive
- ↑ Pathe News burning-rope Straitjacket Escape
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- The Linking Ring, Vol. 61, No. 4 April 1981, Memoirs Of A Magician's Ghost, by John Booth, CHAPTER 159 - Thaumaturgical Repositories by the Thames – Alan Alan, page 54
- The Magic Circular, Vol. 99, No. 1063, February 2005, 29th November 2004, A NIGHT TO REMEMBER – ALAN ALAN, Reviewed by James Fortune, page 66
- Cover, The Magic Circular, Vol. 101, No. 1188, March 2007, 2006 Maskelyne Award Winner, ALAN ALAN “The Man Who Was Buried Alive”, by Michael Vincent, page 76
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/theatre-obituaries/10977900/Alan-Alan.html The Telegraph, Thursday 21 July 2016, Alan Alan
- http://forums.geniimagazine.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=44858