Popular Puppet Theatre in Europe, 1800–1914
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- Authors:
- John McCormick, Trinity College, Dublin
- Bennie Pratasik, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Date Published: August 2005
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521616157
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Banned, marginalised, tolerated or neglected, puppets were a major form of entertainment of the subordinate classes in the nineteenth century. Showmen travelled from one end of Europe to the other bringing everything from biblical plays to melodramas and variety to audiences who experienced them as their only form of dramatic entertainment. The first study of its kind in English, Popular Puppet Theatre in Europe is less a history than a comparative study, highlighting a significant aspect of social and cultural history from a national and transnational perspective. It examines the showmen, their audiences, the performance context, and the technical and practical aspects of the puppets and their stages.
Read more- The first English account of a major section of puppet theatre history
- Will be of interest to puppeteers and scholars at numerous puppet festivals
- Contains informative and rare illustrations and photographs of early puppets and theatres
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'Here is a bold and colourful fanfare for the common puppeteer, serving as a 'time machine' to days long before puppet theatre became 'figure theatre' … the information is tightly packed, and very absorbing.' Animations
See more reviews' … an excellent and much-needed overview of traditional puppetry in Europe'. British UNIMA Bulletin
'Popular Puppet Theatre in Europe, 1800–1914 is a comprehensive, beautifully produced book and an engrossing account of every aspect of this puppet-theatrical world: the show people and their way of life, the audiences, theatres and, of course, the puppets and their repertoire.' The Times Literary Supplement
'Not only have McCormick and Pratasik uncovered a wealth of information about the development of European puppetry, but the connections they make between the different strands of puppetry are at times fascinating.' Lowdown
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- Date Published: August 2005
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521616157
- length: 268 pages
- dimensions: 246 x 189 x 14 mm
- weight: 0.477kg
- contains: 65 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I. The Context:
1. Showpeople
2. The performance context
3. Audiences
Part II. Puppet Actors and Their Stages:
4. The stage and the wings
5. Puppet actors I - the characters
6. Puppet actors II - the figures
7. Puppet actors in performance
Part III. Repertoire:
8. The traditional repertoire
9. The establishment of new repertoires
10. Contemporary plays and popular fiction
Epilogue
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index.
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