Puppets and Puppetry

Autor(es): FRASER, Peter
Título: Puppets and Puppetry
Publicação: London: Bartsford, 1980
ISBN: 0-7134-2073-1
Assunto(s): Marionetas -- Construção -- Manipulação

Índice | Table of Contents | Table des Matières

Introduction - 9
The Children's Theatre - 11
Shadow Puppets - 13
Design - 14
Construction - 14
A screen for shadow puppets - 15
Rod Puppets - 17
Construction - 18
Special Effects - 23
Glove Puppets - 27
Inside the glove puppet - 29
Proportions - 29
Making the head - 31
Modelling materials - 33
Direct modelling over a plasticine base - 34
Making a plaster mould - 35
Direct modelling over a permanent core - 38
Carving a head in wood - 39
Painting - 46
Hair - 46
Making hands - 47
Felt hands - 47
Papier mache hands - 48
Hands made from a plaster mould - 49
Wooden hands - 50
Making the body - 52
Cutting and sewing - 53
Clothes for glove puppets - 56
Trick glove puppets - 59
Marionettes - 60
Proportions of the head and body - 61
Cloth marionettes - 65
Directly modelled marionettes - 69
Wooden marionettes - 70
The parts of the body 71
Joints - 70
Plans for two wooden marionettes - 78
Controls - 90
Stringing - 94
The movements of the marionette - 96
Tip up controls - 100
Tandem controls - 103
Animal String Puppets - 105
Construction - 105
Animal controls - 107
Trick Marionettes - 109
Juggling puppets - 109
Trapeze acrobat - 114
A trotting horse - 121
Tight rope dancer - 127
Weight lifter - 133
Hand balancing acrobat - 139
Costume - 143
Patterns for a clown marionette's costume - 144
Puppet Theatres - 147
The proscenium - 147
The proscenium opening - 148
A theatre worked from below - 149
A theatre worked from above - 153
Permanent marionette theatres - 154
Scenery - 157
Lighting - 158
Production - 159
Rehearsing - 161
Sources of suitable material for performance - 162
Suppliers of Materials - 164
Bibliography - 165
Index - 167