Puppetry, miniature and toy theatre

Tracing the development in Sicily of a chivalric tradition based on the medieval stories of Charlemagne and his knights, this is an analysis of Sicilian storytelling, puppetry, festivals, cart painting and other folk art.

This study analyzes the folkloric genres that comprise the repertoire of the marionette theater in Sicily.

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Puppetry is an exciting, flexible, malleable art form that can engage the creative forces of children or adults.

Jim Henson was the creative force behind a huge catalog of television series, films, specials, and other productions, even excepting the Muppets.

Playwriting for Puppet Theatre provides a foundation for those puppeteers, teachers and librarians who want to develop suitable scripts for puppet theatre.

Originally published in 1916.

This early work is a fascinating read for entertainment enthusiasts.

"e;Glove Puppetry"e; is a classic guide to glove puppets, including chapters on its history, how to make puppets, how to put on a performance, and much more.

This vintage book is a comprehensive guide to the use of puppets and marionettes in schools, with suggestions for suitable plays, directions for rehearsals, tips on writing plays, and much more.

Playwriting for Puppet Theatre provides a foundation for those puppeteers, teachers and librarians who want to develop suitable scripts for puppet theatre.

This fascinating book offers an in-depth guide to the art of ventriloquism, and will prove to be an invaluable addition to the bookshelf of anyone with a desire to learn this entertaining skill.

This early work is a fascinating read for entertainment enthusiasts.

This antiquarian book contains a detailed and novice-friendly guide to ventriloquism, with information on voice exercises, selecting dummies, common techniques and tricks, performing, sketches, and much more.

This vintage book contains a step-by-step guide to ventriloquism, and includes instructions on topics ranging from vocal exercises, to designing and constructing a doll.

This classic book contains a photographic guide to the history of the oriental and occidental shadow puppet theatre, and will prove to be a fascinating read for anyone with an interest in the subject.

This classic book contains a photographic guide to the history of the shadow puppet theatre in the West, and will prove to be be a fascinating read for anyone with an interest in the subject.

This antiquarian book contains a comprehensive guide to designing, building, and using a wooden doll for ventriloquism.

Originally published in the 1940s, the author, a master of his craft, has clearly and concisely explained the making of both hand and string puppets, and also clearly shown how they may be used in appropriate settings.

This antiquarian volume contains an introductory guide to puppetry, including complete instructions for making your own puppet, information on performing, handy hints and tips, and much more.

Women and Puppetry is the first publication dedicated to the study of women in the field of puppetry arts.

Women and Puppetry is the first publication dedicated to the study of women in the field of puppetry arts.

The Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance offers a wide-rangingperspective on how scholars and artists are currently re-evaluating the theoretical, historical,and theatrical significance of performance that embraces the agency of inanimate objects.

The Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance offers a wide-rangingperspective on how scholars and artists are currently re-evaluating the theoretical, historical,and theatrical significance of performance that embraces the agency of inanimate objects.

Foam Patterning and Construction Techniques: Turning 2D Designs into 3D Shapes explains how to create your theatrical prop, puppet, or costume design using the unique and tricky medium of foam.

Foam Patterning and Construction Techniques: Turning 2D Designs into 3D Shapes explains how to create your theatrical prop, puppet, or costume design using the unique and tricky medium of foam.

Costumes are an integral part of any performance, adding believability, conveying setting, or establishing the tone, a fact that is no less true when your performer is a puppet!

Costumes are an integral part of any performance, adding believability, conveying setting, or establishing the tone, a fact that is no less true when your performer is a puppet!

This volume is the first authoritative historical textbook to look at the origins, development and evolution of seaside pierrot troupes and concert parties and their popular performance heritage.

This volume is the first authoritative historical textbook to look at the origins, development and evolution of seaside pierrot troupes and concert parties and their popular performance heritage.

Shadows of Empire explores Javanese shadow theater as a staging area for negotiations between colonial power and indigenous traditions.

Stop-motion animation has long been perceived as a technical practice rather than a creative, demanding art.

Stop-motion puppet animation is one of the most unusual and demanding art forms in the world.

Stop-motion puppet animation is one of the most unusual and demanding art forms in the world.

By the end of its five-year run on television, The Muppet Show had transformed its motley cast from fistfuls of felt to multi-media celebrities.

The remarkable career of the American woman who became the world's first female master of Chinese shadow theatre.

Kansas-born Pauline Benton (1898-1974) was encouraged by her father, one of America's earliest feminist male educators, to reach for the stars.

For the first time ever a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth-century s most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson.

This entertaining how-to book, with its simple, step-by-step instructions, makes it easy to create every kind of puppet imaginable — from such handkerchief varieties as Spook-a-boo the Ghost (made with a simple twist of the wrist) for beginners and Flak J.

Unlike other performing arts, puppetry is perhaps the only art form in which directing, acting, writing, designing, sculpture, and choreography are combined.

Introduction to Puppetry Arts shares the history, cultures, and traditions surrounding the ancient performance art of puppetry, along with an overview of puppet construction and performance techniques used around the world.

Introduction to Puppetry Arts shares the history, cultures, and traditions surrounding the ancient performance art of puppetry, along with an overview of puppet construction and performance techniques used around the world.

Theatre-Rites are regarded as pioneers in the field of object-led and site-specific performance, creating ground-breaking work for family audiences since 1995.

The Wisniewskis, codirectors of the acclaimed Clarion Shadow Theatre, have modernized and simplified the techniques of the ancient art of shadow puppetry and created this easy step-by-step guide.

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The art of "e;bellyspeaking"e; isn't for dummies.

A Galaxy of Things explores the ways in which all puppets, masks, makeup-prosthetic figures are "e;material characters,"e; using iconic Star Wars characters like Yoda and R2-D2 to illustrate what makes them so compelling.