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Magic is a play by G. K. Chesterton presented by Kenelm Foss at The Little Theatre in London, on 7 November 1913.[1][full citation needed] The play went on to influence Ingmar Bergman's film The Face.[2]
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- ^ Delphi Works of G. K. Chesterton (Illustrated) 1908909501 - 2013 "The play is in some ways a difficult one: we are left wondering whether or not Chesterton believes in magic; if he does, then the conjurer need not have been so upset that he had gained so much power of a psychic nature; if he does not, then the conjurer was a clever fraud or a brilliant hypnotist. One thing is quite certain, Chesterton brings out the weaknesses of the dialectic of the parson and doctor in a remarkable way; he makes us realise that there are some things we really know ..."
- ^ Birgitta Steene, Ingmar Bergman: A Reference Guide (Amsterdam Univ. Press, 2005), 534–35