Popular Puppet Theatre in Europe, 1800-1914

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-08-04
Mått:189 x 246 x 14 mm
Vikt:477 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:268
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521616157

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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

Innehållsförteckning

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.