The Dwiggins Marionettes: a Complete Experimental Theatre in Miniature
ABBE, Dorothy
2009
Autor(es): ABBE, Dorothy
Título: The Dwiggins Marionettes: a Complete Experimental Theatre in Miniature
Publicação: New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., 2009
ISBN: 0-8238-0146-2
Assunto(s):
DWIGGINS, William Addison (1880-1956) -- Marionetistas -- Estados Unidos da América
Marionetas de Fios -- Construção
Índice | Table of Contents | Table des Matières
Author's Note - vii
WAD IN 1955
Foreword - xi
Comment from a Puppeteer - xvii
IN THE DWIGGINS' LIVING ROOM - 2
Theatre Ticket, 0.5 I. S. - 3
Point Five Irving-Street - 3
THE HOUSE NUMBER AT 30 LEAVITT STREET - 5
THE DWIGGINS' HOME - 6
POINT FIVE IRVING STREET - 6
THE INTERIOR OF POINT FIVE IRVING STREET - 7
AN ELEGANT STOVE - 8
A HAND-STENCILLED FABRIC - 8
A CHRISTMAS LAMPSHADE - 8
THE BACKSTAGE AREA - 9
NOTICES - 10
THE CURTAIN MECHANISM - 10
DRESSING ROOMS - 11
THE SKETCH FOR THE PROSCENIUM - 11
THE PROSCENIUM OF THE FIRST MARIONETTE THEATRE - 12
The Program for The Mystery of the Blind Beggarman - 13
THE STAGE SETS - 14
A Dwiggins Letter on the Beginnings of O.5 I. S. - 15
ORDER OF BUSINESS - 15
MARIONETTE OF F. MORTON SMITH - 16
MARIONETTES OF WILLIAM A. CROSBY AND W. A. DWIGGINS - 17
THE MARIONETTE OF MR. DWIGGINS - 18
The Letterhead for 0.5 I. S. - 19
Synopsis of The Mystery of the Blind Beggarman - 19
SIR FREDERICK MARCHPANE, J.P., M.P., M.F.H. - 20
THE HONORABLE LUCY MARCHPANE - 21
COL. WILLIAM JOHNSON - 22
CAPT. RICHARD SMITH - 23
ONE-EYED DICK, THE BLACK SCOURGE OF THE CARIBBEAN - 24
SKUNK CABBAGE - 25
SPANISH JOE - 26
WIND-PIPE WILLIE - 27
STRIPES - 28
BILLY BROWN - 29
ROVER - 30
A TOBACCONIST - 31
A TOWNSMAN - 32
THE MYSTERIOUS BLIND BEGGARMAN - 33
THE LONG-LOST SON OF LORD LIVERMORE - 34
A SAILOR - 35
SOLDIERS - 36, 37
GARDENERS - 38
TWIN MARIONETTES - 39
RAT & GHOST - 40, 41
PHOTOGRAPHS INDICATING SCALE - 43, 44, 45
CONSTRUCTION DETAILS - 46, 47
SMALL PROPERTIES - 48
THE SECOND THEATRE: MARIONETTES UNDER THE PUTERSCHEIN AUTHORITY
A MARIONETTE RESTING ON DWIGGINS' HAND - 52
Marionettes under the Piz- terschein Authority - 53
THE HOUSE NUMBER AT 45 IRVING STREET - 55
THE STUDIO BUILDING - 56, 57
THE WORKSHOP - 58, 59
THE AUDITORIUM - 60, 61
WOODCARVINGS IN THE AUDITORIUM - 62
THE PROSCENIUM OF THE SECOND MARIONETTE THEATRE - 63
PROSCENIUM DETAILS - 64
THE STORAGE AREA BELOW THE STAGE and STAIRS LEADING BACKSTAGE - 65
BACKSTAGE:
THE STAGE, FOOT DECK, and ARM RAIL - 66
DETAILS OF THE STAGE FLOOR - 67
THE ARM RAIL - 68
PLAN OF THE BACKSTAGE AREA - 68
THE ARM RAIL, SWITCHBOARD, and MARIONETTE STORAGE - 69
THE DRY DOCK and MARIONETTE STORAGE - 70
PARKING STICKS and WINDLASS - 74
THE "PICKER-UPPER" - 75
STAGE LIGHTLNG:
DwIGGINS? LE! 1R ABOUT STAGE LIGHTING - 76. 77, 78
THE SWITCHBOARD - 79
THE PROSCENIUM ARCH FLOODS and THE CYCLORAMA FLOODS - 80
THE FILTER RACK and THE TORMENTOR FLOODS - 81
THE FOOTLIGHTS - 82
SWITCHBOARD DETAILS - 83
LIGHTS FOR SPECIAL EFFECTS - 84, 85, 86
RULES AND REGULATIONS:
"NO SMOKING" SIGN - 87
"RULE 7" - 88
A PORTFOLIO OF PHOTOGRAPHS BY RANDALL W. ABBOTT - 89 through 100
MECHANICAL DEVICES:
THE WIND MACHINE and A CLAMP - 71
THE CURTAIN MECHANISM - 72, 73
DIAGRAM OF THE CURTAIN MECHANISM - 73
Theatre Ticket, Marionettes under the Pitterschein Authority - 103
Prelude to Eden - 105
THE STAGE SET - 108
THE CURTAIN LIT BY FOOTLIGHTS - 109
LILITH, DIAZ DRACO and AZRAEL - 111-122
Brother Jeromy - 123
THE STAGE SET - 126
BROTHER JEROMY, DAME GREENMAN-TIE, ailod DAME HOLLAND - 127-134
Millennium I - 135
ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE PUBLISHED VERSION - 138, 139, 147
POINT THREE THREE REPETITIVE, ACTION 5, SMALL MOTION, N-77, and THE HANDLING MACHINE - 140-145
SKETCH FOR BACKDROP and SMALL MODELS - 146
Marionettes without Plays - 149
Synopsis - 153
MARINA - 154, 155
THE DANCER - 156, 157
THE MISER - 158, 159
LILITH - 160, 161
MARINA, DANCER, MISER, and LILITH - 162
The Princess Primrose of Shahaban in Persia - 163
THE STAGE SET - 166
Synopsis - 167
THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES - 168, 169
THE BIRD and THE RABBIT - 170, 171
THE PRINCESS PRIMROSE and BABA - 172-174
Synopsis - 175
SELUKA - 176, 180
MASASSI - 177, 182
UNCLE NURRHEDIN - 178, 183
FEREZ AU KAHN - 179, 184
Synopsis - 185
UTOMORO - 186, 190
ICE DEMON and METAL DEMON - 187 - 189
Synopsis - 191
THE MONKEY - 192, 193
AKSAH - 194, 196
THE FAWN - 195
Synopsis - 197
KUAN-YIN - 199
Marionette Construction - 203
DIAGRAMS FROM "Counterbalanced Marionettes" - 204
Marionette in Motion - 207
a reprinting from that book of Dwiggins' text & diagrams to which have been added supplementary photographs
Marionette Construction: a Miscellany - 221
showing templets, tools, progressive stages of carving, unfinished mario¬nette bodies & heads, and wooden patterns with cast parts
TWO LARGE-SCALE MARIONETTES - 231
DOUBLE-SPREADS OF THE PLJTERSCHEIN AUTHORITY MARIONETTES
Autor(es): ABBE, Dorothy
Título: The Dwiggins Marionettes: a Complete Experimental Theatre in Miniature
Publicação: New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., 2009
ISBN: 0-8238-0146-2
Assunto(s):
DWIGGINS, William Addison (1880-1956) -- Marionetistas -- Estados Unidos da América
Marionetas de Fios -- Construção
Índice | Table of Contents | Table des Matières
Author's Note - vii
WAD IN 1955
Foreword - xi
Comment from a Puppeteer - xvii
IN THE DWIGGINS' LIVING ROOM - 2
Theatre Ticket, 0.5 I. S. - 3
Point Five Irving-Street - 3
THE HOUSE NUMBER AT 30 LEAVITT STREET - 5
THE DWIGGINS' HOME - 6
POINT FIVE IRVING STREET - 6
THE INTERIOR OF POINT FIVE IRVING STREET - 7
AN ELEGANT STOVE - 8
A HAND-STENCILLED FABRIC - 8
A CHRISTMAS LAMPSHADE - 8
THE BACKSTAGE AREA - 9
NOTICES - 10
THE CURTAIN MECHANISM - 10
DRESSING ROOMS - 11
THE SKETCH FOR THE PROSCENIUM - 11
THE PROSCENIUM OF THE FIRST MARIONETTE THEATRE - 12
The Program for The Mystery of the Blind Beggarman - 13
THE STAGE SETS - 14
A Dwiggins Letter on the Beginnings of O.5 I. S. - 15
ORDER OF BUSINESS - 15
MARIONETTE OF F. MORTON SMITH - 16
MARIONETTES OF WILLIAM A. CROSBY AND W. A. DWIGGINS - 17
THE MARIONETTE OF MR. DWIGGINS - 18
The Letterhead for 0.5 I. S. - 19
Synopsis of The Mystery of the Blind Beggarman - 19
SIR FREDERICK MARCHPANE, J.P., M.P., M.F.H. - 20
THE HONORABLE LUCY MARCHPANE - 21
COL. WILLIAM JOHNSON - 22
CAPT. RICHARD SMITH - 23
ONE-EYED DICK, THE BLACK SCOURGE OF THE CARIBBEAN - 24
SKUNK CABBAGE - 25
SPANISH JOE - 26
WIND-PIPE WILLIE - 27
STRIPES - 28
BILLY BROWN - 29
ROVER - 30
A TOBACCONIST - 31
A TOWNSMAN - 32
THE MYSTERIOUS BLIND BEGGARMAN - 33
THE LONG-LOST SON OF LORD LIVERMORE - 34
A SAILOR - 35
SOLDIERS - 36, 37
GARDENERS - 38
TWIN MARIONETTES - 39
RAT & GHOST - 40, 41
PHOTOGRAPHS INDICATING SCALE - 43, 44, 45
CONSTRUCTION DETAILS - 46, 47
SMALL PROPERTIES - 48
THE SECOND THEATRE: MARIONETTES UNDER THE PUTERSCHEIN AUTHORITY
A MARIONETTE RESTING ON DWIGGINS' HAND - 52
Marionettes under the Piz- terschein Authority - 53
THE HOUSE NUMBER AT 45 IRVING STREET - 55
THE STUDIO BUILDING - 56, 57
THE WORKSHOP - 58, 59
THE AUDITORIUM - 60, 61
WOODCARVINGS IN THE AUDITORIUM - 62
THE PROSCENIUM OF THE SECOND MARIONETTE THEATRE - 63
PROSCENIUM DETAILS - 64
THE STORAGE AREA BELOW THE STAGE and STAIRS LEADING BACKSTAGE - 65
BACKSTAGE:
THE STAGE, FOOT DECK, and ARM RAIL - 66
DETAILS OF THE STAGE FLOOR - 67
THE ARM RAIL - 68
PLAN OF THE BACKSTAGE AREA - 68
THE ARM RAIL, SWITCHBOARD, and MARIONETTE STORAGE - 69
THE DRY DOCK and MARIONETTE STORAGE - 70
PARKING STICKS and WINDLASS - 74
THE "PICKER-UPPER" - 75
STAGE LIGHTLNG:
DwIGGINS? LE! 1R ABOUT STAGE LIGHTING - 76. 77, 78
THE SWITCHBOARD - 79
THE PROSCENIUM ARCH FLOODS and THE CYCLORAMA FLOODS - 80
THE FILTER RACK and THE TORMENTOR FLOODS - 81
THE FOOTLIGHTS - 82
SWITCHBOARD DETAILS - 83
LIGHTS FOR SPECIAL EFFECTS - 84, 85, 86
RULES AND REGULATIONS:
"NO SMOKING" SIGN - 87
"RULE 7" - 88
A PORTFOLIO OF PHOTOGRAPHS BY RANDALL W. ABBOTT - 89 through 100
MECHANICAL DEVICES:
THE WIND MACHINE and A CLAMP - 71
THE CURTAIN MECHANISM - 72, 73
DIAGRAM OF THE CURTAIN MECHANISM - 73
Theatre Ticket, Marionettes under the Pitterschein Authority - 103
Prelude to Eden - 105
THE STAGE SET - 108
THE CURTAIN LIT BY FOOTLIGHTS - 109
LILITH, DIAZ DRACO and AZRAEL - 111-122
Brother Jeromy - 123
THE STAGE SET - 126
BROTHER JEROMY, DAME GREENMAN-TIE, ailod DAME HOLLAND - 127-134
Millennium I - 135
ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE PUBLISHED VERSION - 138, 139, 147
POINT THREE THREE REPETITIVE, ACTION 5, SMALL MOTION, N-77, and THE HANDLING MACHINE - 140-145
SKETCH FOR BACKDROP and SMALL MODELS - 146
Marionettes without Plays - 149
Synopsis - 153
MARINA - 154, 155
THE DANCER - 156, 157
THE MISER - 158, 159
LILITH - 160, 161
MARINA, DANCER, MISER, and LILITH - 162
The Princess Primrose of Shahaban in Persia - 163
THE STAGE SET - 166
Synopsis - 167
THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES - 168, 169
THE BIRD and THE RABBIT - 170, 171
THE PRINCESS PRIMROSE and BABA - 172-174
Synopsis - 175
SELUKA - 176, 180
MASASSI - 177, 182
UNCLE NURRHEDIN - 178, 183
FEREZ AU KAHN - 179, 184
Synopsis - 185
UTOMORO - 186, 190
ICE DEMON and METAL DEMON - 187 - 189
Synopsis - 191
THE MONKEY - 192, 193
AKSAH - 194, 196
THE FAWN - 195
Synopsis - 197
KUAN-YIN - 199
Marionette Construction - 203
DIAGRAMS FROM "Counterbalanced Marionettes" - 204
Marionette in Motion - 207
a reprinting from that book of Dwiggins' text & diagrams to which have been added supplementary photographs
Marionette Construction: a Miscellany - 221
showing templets, tools, progressive stages of carving, unfinished mario¬nette bodies & heads, and wooden patterns with cast parts
TWO LARGE-SCALE MARIONETTES - 231
DOUBLE-SPREADS OF THE PLJTERSCHEIN AUTHORITY MARIONETTES