Traces the history of Italian puppetry from its evolution in the 16th century. This work covers: the golden ages of marionettes, glove puppets, fantoccini, pupi, and other forms; descriptions of episodic, dramatic performances known as rappresentanti figurati; and, studies of two marionette companies, Turin's Lupi and Catania's Fratelli Napoli.

Introduces the theatre puppets from major Asian traditions, taking the reader on a journey through hundreds of years of craftsmanship and creativity in nearly 350 photographs. This illustrated book is of interest to audiences with an interest in the Asian arts, as well as to the general reader.

This work provides an introduction to the marionette tradition and the principles and practicalities of marionette design. It includes advice on materials and methods for carving, modelling and casting puppet parts.

Reveals a world where a suitcase can comment on politics and a marionette can play Faust. This work is a practical exploration of the use of puppets and objects, and how they are used with light, shadows and sound in performance.

Explains how to use standard puppets as well as novelty figures such as balloon animals and gym socks. This book includes 22 comedy dialogues to get you started.

Puppets and masks are central to some of the oldest worldwide forms of art making and performance, as well as some of the newest. This book looks at the role of such performance objects in the 20th-century from different perspectives, exploring their experimental, social and political value.

A guide to the design, construction and manipulation and presentation of shadow puppets, considered by many to be the oldest puppet theatre tradition. This work explains traditional shadow play techniques, together with modern materials and methods and recent explorations into theatre of shadows. It also includes photographs.

Shows you how to transform wooden spoons, pieces of string, holey socks, outgrown clothes and other scrap materials into beautiful, durable and functional theatrical puppets. This book helps you discover how to bring your puppets to life, build staging, scenery and props, create sound effects and devise performances.

The first comparative study in English of all aspects of puppetry in nineteenth-century Europe.

Japanese dolls have played an important cultural role in Japanese society since its earliest stages of development, as talismanic figures, centrepieces in elaborate festivals, and avidly collected art forms.

Completes a forty year study of the history of Mr Punch and consolidates the author's international vision of the four manifestations of the archetypal figure as represented in England, France, Italy and Russia. This work also examines Polichinelle, the French punch, as a glove-puppet and as a marionette in the Parisian Fairs of the 18th century.

This text is concerned with the making and performing of puppets, concentrating on design and performance with the main types of puppet. Topics covered include: nature and heritage of puppet theatre; the anatomy of a puppet; its design and structure and puppet control and manipulation.