Puppetry, miniature and toy theatre Books
The Crowood Press Ltd Making Simple Marionettes
Book SynopsisMarionettes are loved by puppeteers and audiences for what they can do on stage, but they can be challenging to design, make and perform. This beautiful book clearly explains the process from making the puppets to putting them on strings and bringing them alive. Detailed step-by-step instructions are given to make three marionettes - a walking bird, a dancer and a wooden man - each using different tools and materials, with progressively more tricky techniques. Written by a leading puppeteer, it celebrates the art of the marionette.
£11.04
The Crowood Press Ltd Shadow Puppets and Shadow Play
Book SynopsisShadow Puppets and Shadow Play is a comprehensive guide to the design, construction and manipulation and presentation of shadow puppets, considered by many to be the oldest puppet theatre tradition. Traditional shadow play techniques, together with modern materials and methods and recent explorations into theatre of shadows, are explained with precision and clarity, and illustrated by photographs that include the work of some of the finest shadow players in the world. Topics covered include: an introduction to shadow play, its traditions and the principles of shadow puppet design; advice on materials and methods for constructing and controlling traditional shadow puppets and scenery and there are step-by-step instructions for adding detail and decoration and creating transculent figures in full-colour. Detailed methods for constructing shadow theatres and using a wide range of lighting techniques are given along with techniques of shadow puppet performance and contemporary exploratio
£22.50
The Crowood Press Ltd Making and Manipulating Marionettes
Book SynopsisMaking and Manipulating Marionettes is a comprehensive guide to the design, construction and control of string puppets, a craft and performance art that has fascinated audiences for over two thousand years. Topics covered include: An introduction to the marionette tradition and the principles and practicalities of marionette design Advice on materials and methods for carving, modelling and casting puppet parts Step-by-step instructions for the construction of human and animal marionettes using traditional techniques and latest materials Detailed explanations for marionette control, stringing and manipulation Secrets for achieving a wide range of special effects and traditional acts, tricks and transformations
£24.75
Nick Hern Books Puppetry: How to Do It
Book SynopsisA practical, accessible and inspiring guide to using puppetry in theatre - the perfect entry point for anyone looking to use puppets in their productions, to explore what puppets can do, or to develop their puppetry skills. Written by an experienced theatre and puppetry director, Puppetry: How to Do It focuses on the performer and the craft of bringing any puppet to life. No puppet-making is required to use this book: starting just with simple objects, it lays out the skills required to unlock a puppet's limitless potential for expression and connection with an audience. Inside you'll discover fifty practical, easy-to-follow exercises - for use in a group or on your own - to develop elements of the craft, build confidence and help you improve your puppetry through play and improvisation. Also included are sections on different types of puppet, thinking about how the puppeteer is presented on stage and how to direct and devise puppet performances Ideal for actors and performers, for directors and designers, and for teachers and students of all ages and levels of experience, this book will demystify the art of puppetry, and help you become more confident and creative with all kinds of puppets and objects on stage. 'Based on the workshops he developed for training performers for War Horse, Mervyn has written this book to share his craft... the exercises are clear and easily reproducible for many different types of participants... a wonderful gift to the field of puppetry. I hope that it will be used widely to introduce adventurous spirits to this dynamic art form.' Cheryl Henson, President of the Jim Henson Foundation, from her Foreword.Trade Review'Brilliantly demystifies the art of puppetry and places the development of the performer at its heart… a clear, accessible and playful guide… the exercises are so well-constructed that you will immediately want to test them out' * Drama Magazine *'A treasure trove of practical advice and insights into puppetry, suitable for people at all levels… with its clear, engaging style, this book will add a new dimension to drama classes, enabling teachers to build on students' existing skills and develop new ones in a fresh, innovative way' * Teaching Drama *'An invaluable resource… Millar's obvious enthusiasm for puppetry leaps off the page and could convert even the most ardent puppet skeptic of the value of the art form. It's an absolute must for anyone with even the slightest interest in taking up puppetry - or even teaching it themselves' * Broadway World *
£15.29
Swiridoff Verlag Marionettes - Art, Construction, Play
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£29.75
GMC Publications The Space Craft Book: 15 Things an Astronaut
Book SynopsisContaining 15 fantastic space-themed projects to make, The Space Craft Book will get children crafting and creating in no time. Aimed at boys and girls aged 3+, all of the projects can be made either from readily available items or from easy-to-source materials, parents can have little to no crafting experience to help! As well as space outfits to wear and essential astronaut accessories, there are also space-themed cakes and nibbles to make too. Projects include: constellation nightlight, space boots, mission control desk, booster pack, walkie talkie, giant cardboard rocket.
£5.69
The Crowood Press Ltd Practical Guide to Puppetry
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis fresh approach provides a thorough up-to-date analysis, in straightforward language, of exactly what puppetry is all about for the new generation of puppeteers. -- Ray Da Silva, British Puppet & Model Theatre Guild Newsletter * British Puppet & Model Theatre Guild Newsletter *
£21.60
The Crowood Press Ltd Making Almost Instant Puppets
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£12.34
Chicken House Ltd Sisters of the Lost Marsh
Book Synopsis From the Waterstones Prize-shortlisted author of Our Castle by the Sea comes a gorgeously gothic story, perfect for fans of Emma Carroll and Frances Hardinge ... 'My book of the year. This is storytelling so secure and shining that you can almost feel the glow.' HILARY MCKAY, COSTA BOOK AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE SKYLARK'S WAR 'I absolutely love this book ... Lucy Strange is a wonderful, accomplished writer whose books stay with you long after you have finished reading.' NATASHA FARRANT, COSTA BOOK AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF VOYAGE OF THE SPARROWHAWK 'One of my favourite children's books of all time.' MICHELLE HARRISON, AUTHOR OF A PINCH OF MAGIC Life is hard for Willa, Grace and Freya, and their three younger sisters. Six motherless girls working a farm, living in fear of their cruel father and the superstition that obsesses him - The Curse of Six Daughters. With the arrival of the mysterious Full Moon Fayre, there's a chance for the eldest girls to steal a moment's fun, but the day the fayre moves on, Grace vanishes. Willa goes after her, following a trail that leads into the dangerous Lost Marsh, where it is said a will-o'-the-wisp lures lost souls into the dark waters of the mire. If Willa is to survive and reunite her family, she will need to unravel the secrets her father has kept hidden, and face her own deepest fears ... The spellbinding new novel from Lucy Strange, author of The Secret of Nightingale Wood, The Ghost of Gosswater and the Waterstones Prize-shortlisted Our Castle by the Sea Perfect for fans of Emma Carroll, Frances Hardinge and Sophie Anderson Combines dreamy magical realism with a thrilling mystery MORE PRAISE FOR SISTERS OF THE LOST MARSH: 'The makings of a middle-grade Gothic classic' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Spellbinding and utterly atmospheric' THE I 'Not only is the writing beautiful, but the book is a work of art' IRISH EXAMINER 'Beautifully written, mysterious and atmospheric ... perfect autumn reading' KATHERINE WOODFINE
£7.59
The Crowood Press Puppets and Puppet Theatre
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£22.50
The University of Chicago Press Puppet
Book SynopsisThe puppet can entertain or terrify, evoke the innocence of childhood, or become a magical entity, able to negotiate with ghosts and gods. This book takes us on a meditative journey through the world of puppet theater, exploring the mysterious fascination of these unsettling objects.Trade Review"You have in your hands a uniquely beautiful book, a book of uncommon brilliance and lucidity. As wondrous as the theaters of marvels it describes, its leaps and mutabilities provide a thrilling adventure in imaginative thinking. 'How are we devoured by the things we make?' it asks. 'And when might that devouring save us?' My copy burns brightly on my favorite shelf, beside The Poetics of Space, Eccentric Spaces, and In Praise of Shadows...a treasure!" -Rikki Ducornet, author of Gazelle and The Fan-Maker's Inquisition"
£20.00
Columbia University Press Wondrous Brutal Fictions
Book SynopsisWondrous Brutal Fictions presents eight seminal works from the seventeenth-century Japanese sekkyō and ko-jōruri puppet theaters, many translated into English for the first time.Trade ReviewThe tales included in this collection fill a significant gap in our understanding of the intersection of itinerant Buddhist storytelling tradition and the early puppetry in Japanese religion and society. Kimbrough's introduction is informative and his translation is gripping and accessible... A must read. -- Jane-Marie Law Japanese Language and Literature Kimbrough has been most active as a scholar of medieval religious literature, and his erudition is evident in these excellent translations of the sekkyo classics. -- William Lee Japanese Journal of Religious Studies This collection is of great value to theatre history, religious studies, and cultural studies... [Wondrous Brutal Fictions] should be celebrated for making connections between the performative, the religious, and the textual. -- Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. Japanese StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Notes on the Translation Introduction Sansho Dayu Karukaya Shintokumaru Oguri Sayohime Aigo-no-waka Amida's Riven Breast Goo-no-hime Appendix 1. Major Sekkyo Chanters Appendix 2. Works in This Volume Glossary Bibliography
£70.40
Columbia University Press Wondrous Brutal Fictions
Book SynopsisWondrous Brutal Fictions presents eight seminal works from the seventeenth-century Japanese sekkyō and ko-jōruri puppet theaters, many translated into English for the first time.Trade ReviewThe tales included in this collection fill a significant gap in our understanding of the intersection of itinerant Buddhist storytelling tradition and the early puppetry in Japanese religion and society. Kimbrough's introduction is informative and his translation is gripping and accessible... A must read. -- Jane-Marie Law Japanese Language and Literature Kimbrough has been most active as a scholar of medieval religious literature, and his erudition is evident in these excellent translations of the sekkyo classics. -- William Lee Japanese Journal of Religious Studies This collection is of great value to theatre history, religious studies, and cultural studies... [Wondrous Brutal Fictions] should be celebrated for making connections between the performative, the religious, and the textual. -- Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. Japanese StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Notes on the Translation Introduction Sansho Dayu Karukaya Shintokumaru Oguri Sayohime Aigo-no-waka Amida's Riven Breast Goo-no-hime Appendix 1. Major Sekkyo Chanters Appendix 2. Works in This Volume Glossary Bibliography
£23.80
MIT Press Ltd Puppets Masks and Performing Objects Tdr Books
Book SynopsisThis volume, which originally appeared as a special issue of TDR/The Drama Review, looks at puppets, masks, and other performing objects from a broad range of perspectives.Puppets and masks are central to some of the oldest worldwide forms of art making and performance, as well as some of the newest. In the twentieth century, French symbolists, Russian futurists and constructivists, Prague School semioticians, and avant-garde artists around the world have all explored the experimental, social, and political value of performing objects. In recent years, puppets, masks, and objects have been the focus of Broadway musicals, postmodernist theory, political spectacle, performance art, and new academic programs, for example, at the California Institute of the Arts.This volume, which originally appeared as a special issue of TDR/The Drama Review, looks at puppets, masks, and other performing objects from a broad range of perspectives. The topics include Stephen Kaplin's new theory o
£24.65
Taylor & Francis Ltd Reading the Puppet Stage
Book SynopsisDrawing on the author's two decades of seeing, writing on, and teaching about puppetry from a critical perspective, this book offers a collection of insights into how we watch, understand, and appreciate puppetry.Reading the Puppet Stage uses examples from a broad range of puppetry genres, from Broadway shows and the Muppets to the rich field of international contemporary performing object experimentation to the wealth of Asian puppet traditions, as it illustrates the ways performing objects can create and structure meaning and the dramaturgical interplay between puppets, performers, and language onstage.An introductory approach for students, critics, and artists, this book underlines where significant artistic concerns lie in puppetry and outlines the supportive networks and resources that shape the community of those who make, watch, and love this ever-developing art.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. A Puppet Being and a Puppet Doing 2. The Dramaturgy is in the Object 3. The Image Aspect of the Puppet 4. Humans and Objects 5. Notes on Sounds and Words Conclusion: Choices We Made
£30.39
Taylor & Francis Ltd A Galaxy of Things
Book SynopsisA Galaxy of Things explores the ways in which all puppets, masks, makeup-prosthetic figures are material characters, using iconic Star Wars characters like Yoda and R2-D2 to illustrate what makes them so compelling.As an epic franchise, Star Wars has been defined by creatures, droids, and masked figures since the original 1977 movie. Author Colette Searls, a theatre director and expert in puppetry studies, uncovers how non-humans like Chewbacca, semi-humans like Darth Maul, and even concealed humans like Boba Fett tell meaningful stories that conventional human characters cannot. Searls defines three powers that puppets, masked figures, and other material characters wielddistance, distillation, and dualityand analyzes Star Wars' most iconic robots and aliens to demonstrate how they work across nearly a half-century of live-action films. Yoda and Baby Yodatwo of popular culture's greatest puppetsuse these qualities to transform their human companions. SimilarlyTable of Contents1. The Things in the Galaxy 2. Distance, Distillation, and Duality 3. Powerful, Puppetry is: How two Yodas make meaning 4. I Find Your Lack of Face Disturbing: The mask performance of Darth Vader (and friends) 5. Climbing Out of the Sarlacc Pitt: The problematic side of material character powers
£34.19
Dover Publications Inc. Hand Shadows and More Hand Shadows Dover
Book SynopsisLearn how to position hands and fingers to create 34 fascinating shadow figures on a wall, including a quacking duck and a rabbit munching its meal.
£6.19
Dover Publications Inc. Punch and Judy A Short History with the Original
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£8.54
Cambridge University Press Popular Puppet Theatre in Europe 18001914
Book SynopsisJohn McCormick and Bennie Pratasik provide a study of all aspects of puppetry in nineteenth-century Europe, including the stages, mechanical workings of the puppets, and the repertoire, covering a full range of countries and cultures. The book contains valuable and rare illustrations of puppets and theatres as well as informative diagrams.Trade Review'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' … 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.' LowdownTable of ContentsIntroduction; 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.
£38.99
Princeton University Press The Language of Balinese Shadow Theater 4186
Book SynopsisTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*PREFACE, pg. ix*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xiii*ORTHOGRAPHY, pg. xv*PART ONE. THE SHAPE OF THE WORD IN BALI, pg. 1*PART TWO. THE DISCOURSE OF BALINESE SHADOW THEATER, pg. 113*APPENDIX, pg. 267*GLOSSARY, pg. 269*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 275*INDEX, pg. 287
£100.30
University Press of America The Kwaghhir Theater
Book SynopsisThis book describes how the Tiv people of Nigeria use their indigenous theater to fight against British colonialism and oppression by dominant groups in Nigeria. It celebrates the power of the theater to give voice to the voiceless and to become a catalyst for positive change.Trade Review“Professor Hagher reveals and analyses these theatrical performances with keen insight and deep knowledge. A wonderful addition to the literature on African masquerade and theater.” -- Herbert Skip Cole, author of Ideals and power in the Art of Africa“This book is an occasion for anyone who cares about theater, scholarship, and cultural survival.” -- Don Rubin, York University, Toronto, editor of the six-volume World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theater“Hagher’s trenchant defence of the Kwagh-hir’s collective capacity for community well-being and social change makes this study important and highly significant for practitioners of applied theater in the globalized twenty-first century.” -- Michael Etherton, author of The Development of African Drama and author with James Reed of Chikwakwa Remembered: Theater and Politics in Zambia 1968-1972“The authenticity of this book is the result of a combination of lived experience and rigorous research that has spanned over three decades. It is a unique book that will continue to be an asset to scholars and students of culture, and especially for those who want to understand the interface between culture, voice and change.” -- Oga Steve Abah, professor of theater and culture for development, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, NigeriaTable of ContentsA Foreword and a Celebration Preface Introduction: The Theater as a Weapon Chapter One: Tiv Worldview; the Context of the Kwagh-hir Chapter Two: Searching for the Rubrics Chapter Three: Organization and Form Chapter Four: Kwagh-hir Aesthetics Chapter Five: Kwagh-hir as Model Theater for Social Action Appendix A: Tiv Kwagh-Hir Carvers and Their Works Appendix B: Glossary of Tiv Words Bibliography Index
£74.70
University Press of America The Kwaghhir Theater
Book SynopsisThe Kwagh-hir Theater: A Weapon for Social Action represents a significant milestone in the documentation and theorization of non-Western theater. The book describes how the Tiv people of Nigeria used their indigenous theater to fight against British colonialism and oppression by dominant groups in Nigeria. It celebrates the power of the theater to give voice to the voiceless and to become a catalyst for positive change.Trade Review“Professor Hagher reveals and analyses these theatrical performances with keen insight and deep knowledge. A wonderful addition to the literature on African masquerade and theater.” -- Herbert Skip Cole, author of Ideals and power in the Art of Africa“This book is an occasion for anyone who cares about theater, scholarship, and cultural survival.” -- Don Rubin, York University, Toronto, editor of the six-volume World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theater“Hagher’s trenchant defence of the Kwagh-hir’s collective capacity for community well-being and social change makes this study important and highly significant for practitioners of applied theater in the globalized twenty-first century.” -- Michael Etherton, author of The Development of African Drama and author with James Reed of Chikwakwa Remembered: Theater and Politics in Zambia 1968-1972“The authenticity of this book is the result of a combination of lived experience and rigorous research that has spanned over three decades. It is a unique book that will continue to be an asset to scholars and students of culture, and especially for those who want to understand the interface between culture, voice and change.” -- Oga Steve Abah, professor of theater and culture for development, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, NigeriaTable of ContentsA Foreword and a Celebration Preface Introduction: The Theater as a Weapon Chapter One: Tiv Worldview; the Context of the Kwagh-hir Chapter Two: Searching for the Rubrics Chapter Three: Organization and Form Chapter Four: Kwagh-hir Aesthetics Chapter Five: Kwagh-hir as Model Theater for Social Action Appendix A: Tiv Kwagh-Hir Carvers and Their Works Appendix B: Glossary of Tiv Words Bibliography Index
£34.20
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Colorful Sogo Bò Puppets of Mali
Book SynopsisPresenting more than 100 traditional, colorful puppets and masks used in Malian puppet theater, this book documents a collection that has been widely exhibited. One of the largest published surveys of Malian Bamana and Bozo puppet theater, it includes numerous pictures of puppets and masks in performance as well as detailed information on their size and construction. The text offers a historical overview of puppetry, focused on Africa, and a description of the cultural tradition that gave rise to and sustains Malian Sogo Bò puppet theatre, a community-based, multi-media spectacle. This is an excellent reference for anyone interested in puppetry, performance theater, masquerade, African music and dance, and African sculpture.
£31.44
John Wiley & Sons Shadow Woman
Book SynopsisThe remarkable career of the American woman who became the world's first female master of Chinese shadow theatre.Trade Review"The story of this amazing woman - an icon in the field of shadow theatre in the US, but about whom one knows so little - would have gone into oblivion if it were not for this eloquent book. Of particular significance is the author's conclusion regarding the unexpected positive roles played by the Great Depression and WWII in the success of Benton's career as a performer of Chinese Shadows." Fan Pan Li Chen, State University of New York at Albany "While Benton's extraordinary story might be known to some extent within the intimate circle of practitioners and scholars of Chinese shadow theatre in the United States, this book gives the first extended portrait of her and does so in a way that sheds i
£25.19
McFarland & Company American Puppetry Collections History and
Book SynopsisThis book consists of essays by the curators of significant puppet collections in the United States and by leading scholars in the field. The book includes an overview of American puppetry today and a history of puppetry in the United States.
£27.54
McFarland and Company, Inc. Paul McPharlin and the Puppet Theater
Book SynopsisBesides the author's research on Paul McPharlin and puppetry, this book draws on significant contributions from McPharlin wife, puppeteer and author. The chapters take the reader through McPharlin's childhood as a loner in Detroit, his maturation and education in New York, and his early, erratic and often unsuccessful attempts at making a living.
£27.54
McFarland and Company, Inc. The Shadow Puppet Theatre of Malaysia
Book Synopsis This comprehensive book explores the Malaysian form of shadow puppet theatre, highlighting its unique nature within the context of Southeast Asian and Asian shadow puppet theatre traditions. Intended for a Western audience not familiar with Asian performance and practices, the text serves as a bridge to this highly imaginative form. An in-depth examination of the Malaysian puppet tradition is provided, as well as performance scripts, designs for puppet characters, instructions for creating a shadow screen, and easy directions for performance. Another section then considers the practical, pedagogical, and ethical issues that arise in the teaching of this art.
£32.39
Scarecrow Press Puppet Plays Plus Hand Puppet Plays for Two
Book SynopsisA resource for schools, libraries, and other community groups that present puppet shows. The 31 plays are for children, pre-school through the primary grades. Each play is accompanied by production notes and simple patterns for making puppets are included.Trade ReviewThe publication of this book is particularly welcome...a valuable resource for aspiring puppeteers in libraries and elsewhere...I would thoroughly recommend it to libraries and schools. * Library Review *
£64.80
Atlas Press LLC How to Make Your Sock Talk
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£16.14
Jack and Mare Publishing Keeping Afloat An Adventure on a River Barge that
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£13.77
Taylor & Francis Foam Patterning and Construction Techniques
Book SynopsisFoam 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. Step-by-step instructions, photographs, and explanations illustrate how to translate your design from paper to reality by creating custom skin patterns, followed by creation of a foam mockup. The book details how to bring your project to life with varied finishing techniques, including using fur and fabric coverings and dying and painting foam. Numerous supplies, tools, and safety procedures and protocols are also covered. Table of ContentsTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsPreface _____________________________________________________Section 1: The Medium of Foam: Materials, Tools and SafetyChapter 1: MaterialsChapter 2: SafetyChapter 3: What Type of Foam to Use?___________________________________________________Section 2: DesignChapter 4: An Approach to DesignChapter 5: Renderings, Working Drawings and Simplicity of Form _____________________________________________________Section 3: Translating Design into Reality: Techniques used in the Patterning ProcessChapter 6: Additive Patterning: Adding a Surface layer.Chapter 7: Subtractive Patterning: Cutting away the Surface Layer.Chapter 8: Speed PatterningChapter 9: Free Form Foam Patterning_____________________________________________________Section 4: Determining the Pattern Divisions, "Truing" Patterns and Changing ScaleChapter 10: Determining the Pattern DivisionsChapter 11: Transferring Patterns to Paper and "Truing" Pattern PiecesChapter 12: Scale: Determining the Size of the Finished Piece Chapter 13: Formula for Reducing and Enlarging Chapter 14: How to Enlarge and Reduce Pattern Pieces_____________________________________________________Section 5: Putting It All Together: From Pattern to ObjectChapter 15: How to Bevel Corners and Utilize DartsChapter 16: Cutting Pattern Pieces out of FoamChapter 17: Gluing and SewingSection 6: Finishing the DesignChapter 18: Fur and Fabric CoveringsChapter 19: Uncovered Foam: How To FinishChapter 20: Detailing and Bringing To Life________________________________________________________________________Section 7: This Section Goes Through The Full Process For 6 ProjectsChapter 21: Free Form Reticulated Foam Construction Chapter 22: Making Two Different Shapes from the Same Foam Pattern Chapter 23: Patterned Foam MaskChapter 24: Patterned Foam ArmorChapter 25: Patterned and Carved RaptorAppendicesA. Sources and SuppliesB. Bibliography
£34.19
£20.89
AuthorHouse Puppetry in Education and Therapy
£15.67
State University Press of New York (SUNY) Marionette Plays from Northern China
Book SynopsisEnglish-language translations of traditional plays from the marionette puppet theater of Northern China.Marionette puppet theater has a rich and ancient history in China, extending back to the Han dynasty and reaching its heyday in the Qing dynasty. While this art form is nearly extinct in northern China today, a handful of troupes in Heyang County in Shaanxi Province, which claims to be the birthplace of marionette theater, continue to perform skits and scenes from Heyang''s earlier, broader marionette theater repertoire. In this book, Fan Pen Li Chen has collected and translated rare transcriptions of some of the most popular of these plays. Her insightful translations include a rich variety of genres and highlight memorable characters that range from manipulative aristocrats, poor Confucian scholars, and a woman warrior to Baldy Guo, the iconic clown of puppet theater. As the only work in English about the puppet theater of northern China, these translations provide valuable information about the history, religion, social roles, and popular culture of that region. Detailed introductions and annotations for each play, as well as an extensive bibliography, are also included.
£24.27
Palibrio El Cid Campeador
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£8.95
Teacher Created Materials The Art of Shadow Puppets
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£9.25
Cornell University Press Throw Your Voice
Book SynopsisThrow Your Voice is a story of loss and recovery. It relates how children placed in a temporary care institution make sense of their situations. Moving between a Kazakhstan government children''s home, Hope House, and the Almaty State Puppet Theater, Meghanne Barker shows how children, and puppets, as proxies, bring to life ideologies of childhood and visions of a rosy future. Sites and stories run in parallel. Framed by the narrative of Anton Chekhov''s Kashtanka, about a lost dog taken in by a kind stranger, the author follows the story''s staging at the puppet theater. At Hope House, children find themselves on a path similar to Kashtanka, dislodged from their first homes to reside in a second.The heart of this story is about living in displacement and about the fragile intimacies achieved amidst conditions of missing. Whether due to war, migration, or pandemic, people get separated from those closest to them. Throw Your Voice examines how stran
£97.20
Cornell University Press Throw Your Voice
Book SynopsisThrow Your Voice is a story of loss and recovery. It relates how children placed in a temporary care institution make sense of their situations. Moving between a Kazakhstan government children''s home, Hope House, and the Almaty State Puppet Theater, Meghanne Barker shows how children, and puppets, as proxies, bring to life ideologies of childhood and visions of a rosy future. Sites and stories run in parallel. Framed by the narrative of Anton Chekhov''s Kashtanka, about a lost dog taken in by a kind stranger, the author follows the story''s staging at the puppet theater. At Hope House, children find themselves on a path similar to Kashtanka, dislodged from their first homes to reside in a second.The heart of this story is about living in displacement and about the fragile intimacies achieved amidst conditions of missing. Whether due to war, migration, or pandemic, people get separated from those closest to them. Throw Your Voice examines how stran
£23.39
Wheatmark Puppet Plays for the Holidays
£12.34
Fonthill Media Ltd The Worlds of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson: The
Book SynopsisThunderbirds, Stingray, Fireball XL5, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, UFO and Space:1999 just some of the TV series produced by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson that have thrilled generations of people worldwide from the 1960s right into the 21st Century. As the new series Thunderbirds Are Go! updates the exploits of International Rescue for a new era, Ian Fryer, film historian and editor of Gerry Anderson s official appreciation society magazine, brings an in-depth look into the making of the iconic television shows that inspired it. The background to the making of the Supermarionation series, and the live action science fiction classics that followed, is brought to life along with the turbulent times for British film making in which they were made. A fascinating read for fans of the Anderson puppet and live action series and for anyone interested in film and television history."Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; A Note on Sources; Foreword; Introduction; 1: Early Days; 2: The Gold Rush; 3: The Adventures of Twizzle; 4: Les Bowie; 5: Torchy the Battery Boy; 6: Four Feather Falls; 7: Space Patrol; 8: Supercar; 9: Lew Grade; 10: Fireball XL5; 11: Derek Meddings; 12: Stingray; 13: Thunderbirds; 14: Thunderbirds at the Movies; 15: Other Worlds: British SF Beyond the Andersons; 16: Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons; 17: Joe 90; 18: Doppelganger; 19: The Secret Service; 20: UFO; 21: Collapse of the UK Film Industry; 22: The Protectors; 23: The Investigator; 24: Space: 1999; 25: Space:1999 Year Two; 26: Rebirth: Gerry Anderson Post-Space 1999.
£21.25
Chronicle Books Petit Friends Finger Puppet Set
Book Synopsis This hands-on finger puppet kit offers a creative building activity and a great way to learn and practice fundamental social skills. Pretend play gives kids a chance to practice interaction and ways to act out different scenarios. Creating characters and stories, role-playing, and performing for others helps develop social skills, problem-solving, social-emotional learning, and creative thinking. Made using FSC paper and packaged using 75% recycled material printed with vegetable inks. Suitable for 4 years+ Petit Collage combines a modern aesthetic with environmentally conscious manufacturing to create bold, thoughtful products to delight little ones. We strive to make our products beautiful and fun in equal measure.
£12.60
Ice Cube Press Hand, Shadow, Rod: The Story of Eulenspiegel
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Women Matter / «Femmes Matière»: French and
Book SynopsisThis volume is based on papers given at the biennial Women in French conference held in Leeds in May 2011. Drawing on a range of interconnecting disciplines and forms of cultural production, it explores the relationship between French and Francophone women and the material world. Bringing together researchers from the United Kingdom, France and other Francophone countries, the book reflects the engagement of women researchers with contemporary debates. The first section focuses on the female body, examining dance and the performing arts but also the material objectification suffered by rape victims in France. The next highlights the contradictions of the im/materiality of the body, the act of writing and the text, in terms of dichotomies, permeable identities and fluid boundaries. The third section turns its attention to the practicalities of ‘the material’ in relation to women’s engagement with the economy – the gendering of domestic work, women’s discourse, the precariousness of women’s employment and the alienating impersonality of consumer spaces. The concluding section considers the relationship of the female body to the material object, whether subverting, co-opting or indeed absorbing it. In the final chapters of the book the tactile and the visual converge in explorations of ‘the material’ in cinematic representations of the female body.Trade Review«Overall, this volume amasses some fascinating snapshots of representations of women’s lived experience. It brings together both established and new writers and filmmakers, employs an array of theoretical paradigms, and poses difficult questions of its subject matter. It will be required reading for all thoses interested in women’s and gender studies, and in women’s cultural production.» (Natalie Edwards, Contemporary French Civilization 39.4, 2014)Table of ContentsContents: Maggie Allison/Imogen Long: Preface – Hélène Marquié : Corps et mouvement : matière à subvertir le genre par la danse – Julia Dobson: Troubling Matters: Mannequins, Murder and Gisèle Vienne’s ‘corps troublants’ – Nicole Fayard: Bodies Matter: The Materiality of Rape in Twenty-First-Century France – Renate Günther: Bodies that Matter: Gender and Generation in the Work of Marguerite Duras – Gabrielle Parker: Writing an Immaterial World: The Case of Ying Chen’s Fiction – Imogen Long: Writing the Material World: Le Féminin pluriel by Benoîte and Flora Groult – Jan Windebank: Domestic Labour: Maintaining the Material Space of the Home and Gender Identity in France – Sheila Perry: Quand les femmes parlent argent: The Image of Women’s Relationship to Money and the Economy in Televised Political Debate – Maggie Allison: Les Dessous de l’économie: Materializing Women’s Voices in Mariana Otero’s Entre nos mains – Claire Humphrey: Mourning and Loss in Consumer Spaces: L’Année suivante – Dúnlaith Bird: Selling the Skirt: Women’s Travel Writing and the Literary Market – Victoria L. Harrison: Fashion Material: Young Women’s Defiance, Devotion and Disdain in Occupied Paris – Kamila Bouchemal: The Objects of the Female Body in Malika Mokeddem and Gisèle Pineau – Lynsey Russell-Watts: Sexual Material: Catherine Breillat’s Bodily Cinema – Jillia Climo: Confounding the Visual - Looking at the Unlookable: An Irigarayan Reading of Catherine Breillat’s Anatomie de l’enfer.
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Peter Lang AG Michael Ende: Zur Aktualitaet eines Klassikers
Book SynopsisDer 90. Geburtstag im Jahr 2019 hat Michael Ende (1929-1995) erneut in die Öffentlichkeit gerückt und auch die wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit seinem literarischen Schaffen beflügelt. In dessen Zentrum steht die Unendliche Geschichte (1979) mit ihrer Idee einer Rettung des mythologischen Menschheitserbes. Aufmerksamkeit erlangen auch Endes Erzählbände allein für Erwachsene mit ihrer Nähe zu Franz Kafka und Jorge Luis Borges. Beachtung findet ebenfalls das musikdramatische Schaffen und Endes Werkgemeinschaft mit dem Komponisten Wilfried Hiller. Dass Ende zu den weltweit rezipierten deutschen Schriftstellern gehört, belegen elf Länderartikel, die einen Bogen von Japan über die arabische Welt und Europa bis nach Brasilien schlagen.Table of ContentsMichael Endes Momo und Die Unendliche Geschichte. Ein Essay. (Alain Montandon) – Die Welt muss romantisiert werden. Poesie bei Michael Ende und Novalis. (Yoshitaka Ishida) – Die Rettung Phantásiens. Michael Endes Projekt einer Remythisierung der Gesellschaft. (Hans-Heino Ewers) – Das Projekt einer neuen Mythologie bei Michael Ende und Platon. (Markus Janka, Michael Stierstorfer) – Briefe an die Väter. Michael Ende, Edgar Ende und die Traditionen des Phantastischen. (Markus May) – Michael Endes letztes Projekt: Das faustische Singspiel Mammonella nach R. L. Stevensons The Bottle Imp (1891) im Spiegel der späten Erzählungen. (Volker Wehdeking) – Überlegungen zur Phantastik in Michael Endes Erzählungen und Romanen. (Bernhard Rank) – Die Musiktheaterwerkstatt von Michael Ende und Wilfried Hiller. Eine Geschichte ihrer gemeinsamen Werke. (Gunter Reiß) – Vorausdeutungen auf die großen Romane Michael Endes in der österreichischen Kinderliteratur der Nachkriegszeit. (Ernst Seibert) – „Ich werde schon rechtzeitig dort sein." Zeit(raum)konzepte in ausgewählten Erzählungen Michael Endes in literaturdidaktischer Perspektive. (Anna Braun) – Die Rezeption der Werke Michael Endes in Japan. (Mie Horiuchi) – Die Rezeption von Michael Ende in Südkorea. (Moon Sun Choi) – Die Rezeption der Werke von Michael Ende in China. (Hongjun Cai) – Die Rezeption von Michael Endes Werk in Italien (Claudia Alborghetti) – Die Rezeption von Michael Endes Werk in französischer Sprache (Daniel Delbrassine) – Zur Rezeption von Michael Endes Hauptwerken in Spanien (María Mar Soliño) – Zur Rezeption von Michael Endes Hauptwerken in Portugal und Brasilien (Gabriela Fragoso) – Eine humanistische Botschaft. Zur Rezeption von Michael Ende in Polen (Angela Bajorek) – Michael Ende im (post-)sowjetischen Russland. (Oxane Leingang) – Die Rezeption von Michael Endes in der Türkei. (Necdet Neydim, Turgay Kurultay) – Die Rezeption von Michael Ende in der arabischen Welt. (Tarik A. Bary) – Der Teilnachlass von Michael Ende in der Internationalen Jugendbibliothek München (Jutta Reusch) – Der Teilnachlass von Michael Ende im Deutschen Literaturarchiv Marbach (DLA). (Thomas Scholz)
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Afterhours Wayang Potehi of Java
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Globe Little Red Riding Hood Fairytale Theatre
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Brill Propaganda Performed: Kamishibai in Japan's
Book SynopsisThe first in-depth scholarly study in English of the Japanese performance medium kamishibai, Sharalyn Orbaugh’s Propaganda Performed illuminates the vibrant street culture of 1930s Japan as well as the visual and narrative rhetoric of Japanese propaganda in World War II. Emerging from Japan’s cities in the late 1920s, kamishibai rapidly transformed from a cheap amusement associated with poverty into the most popular form of juvenile entertainment, eclipsing even film and manga. By the time kamishibai died as a living medium in the 1970s it had left behind indelible influences on popular culture forms such as manga and anime, as well as on avant-garde cinema, theater, and art. From 1932 to 1945, however, kamishibai also became a vehicle for propaganda messages aimed not primarily at children, but at adults. A mixture of script, image, and performance, the medium was particularly suited to conveying populist, emotionally compelling messages to audiences of all classes, ages, and literacy levels, making it a crucial tool in the government’s efforts to mobilize the domestic populace in Japan and to pacify the inhabitants of the empire’s colonies and occupied territories. With seven complete translations of wartime plays, over 300 color illustrations from hard-to-access kamishibai play cards, and photographs of prewar performances, this study constitutes an archive of wartime history in addition to providing a detailed analysis of the rhetoric of political persuasion.
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NUS Press Innovation, Style and Spectacle in Wayang: Purbo
Book SynopsisA richly illustrated study of wayang, the traditional puppet theater form of Java, based on unprecedented decades-long participatory research. Wayang, the traditional puppet theater form of Java, fascinates and endures thanks to the many ways it works as a medium—bearing the weight of Javanese culture and tradition as a key component of rites of passage, as a medium of ritual and spiritual practice, as public spectacle, and as entertainment of the broadest sort, performed live, broadcast, or streamed. Over the past forty years, the form has been subject to a great deal of experimentation and innovation, pulled in many directions within an ever-changing media landscape. In this book, Kathryn Anne Emerson outlines both significant contributions by a number of key figures and the social and political influences propelling such innovations. She also describes deeper and more lasting changes in wayang, based on what the art form's most accomplished practitioners have to say about it. At the core of the book is one pivotal figure, Purbo Asmoro of the Indonesian Institute of the Arts in Surakarta, who, Emerson argues, has taken the individual and singular innovations of the era and integrated them into a new system of performance practice, one that has shaped the key Surakarta school of performance. Grounded in an unprecedented, decades-long participatory research project involving hundreds of interlocutors, the book is beautifully illustrated and will be of considerable interest in Indonesian studies.Table of Contents List of Illustrations, Tables, and Charts Acknowledgements Basic Terminology Guide to Illustrative Audio-Video Clips Variant Spellings Map of Java Introduction Part One: Historical Perspective Classical Style Condensed Style Birth of an Idea: All-Night Interpretive Style or Garapan Rise to Fame in the Age of the Entertainment Interlude Part Two: All-Night Interpretive (Garapan) Style A New Vocabulary for Wayang Accompaniment The Prologue Creating Dramatic Hierarchy: a New Level of Intensity Multi-Episode Constructions In the Hands of Other Practitioners Passing on the Art Going Virtual Amid a Pandemic: An Unexpected Third Rail Conclusion Bibliography Index
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