![]() ![]() It made me realise that, throughout history, there have been a lot of people behind the scenes who are 50% of the action but are then forgotten.” Collins, who was a carpenter and locksmith, made all the props and was responsible for ensuring Houdini’s dangerous stunts didn’t kill him. “As I discovered more about him, I realised I was more interested in his story than Houdini’s in some respects. Zenon unearthed photographs of Collins, and found out he came from Portsmouth. He worked for Houdini for more than 20 years, toured everywhere, left his wife and four children behind in the UK, and married again.” The marriage was probably bigamous. There’s a line in the show that his job was to be invisible. “It suddenly dawned on me, ‘Who better to tell the story than his right-hand man?’ I started doing some research on him, but it was a tough one to crack. ![]() Paul Zenon with his escapology props Photograph: David Streeterįinding Collins gave Zenon the key into Houdini’s life.
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