Download or read book Marionettes at Home written by C. S. Forester and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by a marionette show he saw, C.S. Forester, a novelist and theatre lover, decided to create his own puppet theatre at home. In Marionettes at Home, first published in 1936, he shares his experience and enthusiasm for amateur puppeteering and takes the reader step-by-step through the stages of creating one's own theatre; from stage construction and puppet making, to acting and production. Written with passion and sense of humour Marionettes at Home is a little gem that anyone interested in the theatre and puppeteering history would enjoy.

Download or read book The Et cetera magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Women and Puppetry written by Alissa Mello and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women and Puppetry is the first publication dedicated to the study of women in the field of puppetry arts. It includes critical articles and personal accounts that interrogate specific historical moments, cultural contexts, and notions of "woman" on and off stage. Part I, "Critical Perspective," includes historical and contemporary analyses of women’s roles in society, gender anxiety revealed through the unmarked puppet body, and sexual expression within oppressive social contexts. Part II, "Local Contexts: Challenges and Transformations," investigates work of female practitioners within specific cultural contexts to illuminate how women are intervening in traditionally male spaces. Each chapter in Part II offers brief accounts of specific social histories, barriers, and gender biases that women have faced, and the opportunities afforded female creative leaders to appropriate, revive, and transform performance traditions. And in Part III, "Women Practitioners Speak," contemporary artists reflect on their experiences as female practitioners within the art of puppet theatre. Representing female writers and practitioners from across the globe, Women and Puppetry offers students and scholars a comprehensive interrogation of the challenges and opportunities that women face in this unique art form.

Download or read book Children s Books in Print written by R R Bowker Publishing and published by R. R. Bowker. This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 1282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Russian Theatre written by Laurence Senelick and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-08-13 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A latecomer continually hampered by government control and interference, the Russian theatre seems an unlikely source of innovation and creativity. Yet, by the middle of the nineteenth century, it had given rise to a number of outstanding playwrights and actors, and by the start of the twentieth century, it was in the vanguard of progressive thinking in the realms of directing and design. Its influence throughout the world was pervasive: Nikolai Gogol', Anton Chekhov and Maksim Gor'kii remain staples of repertories in every language, the ideas of Konstantin Stanislavskii, Vsevolod Meierkhol'd and Mikhail Chekhov continue to inspire actors and directors, while designers still draw on the graphics of the World of Art group and the Constructivists. What distinguishes Russian theater from almost any other is the way in which these achievements evolved and survived in ongoing conflict or cooperation with the State. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Russian Theatre covers the history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on individual actors, directors, designers, entrepreneurs, plays, playhouses and institutions, Censorship, Children’s Theater, Émigré Theater, and Shakespeare in Russia. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Russian Theatre.

Download or read book Plays and Puppets cetera written by Courtaney Brooks and published by . This book was released on 1981-09-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Drama celebrates our differences & uses them. Plays draw out our individuality (which) is never wrong; it is ours--unique. We can all learn, for we're not like little cups waiting to be filled, but like lamps ready to be turned on." These excerpts sum up the philosophy that makes PLAYS & PUPPETS &CETERA much more powerful than the average how-to text. Brooks mixes a complete outlining of puppet & drama basics with a wonderfully positive attitude of respect & joy for life & its possibilities. Her explanations offer sufficient know-how to allow any teacher to carry a group through a show from start to curtain. "As a first time student teacher, I used the book to coordinate a play-project with six fourth-graders. One parent wrote a thank-you note telling us it was the first time she had heard her daughter speak above a whisper in public. I used the book again to help an adult troupe of Spanish-speaking novice players stage a Christmas story."--BREAKTHROUGH Winter/Summer 1990. (Illustrated puppet directions; 7 sample plays for puppets or people actors with casts of 4 to 6, simple costuming such as ears for a dog or cat & props).

Download or read book Recreation written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Thomas Sheridan of Smock Alley written by Esther K. Sheldon and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This account of Thomas Sheridan's career as theater manager has been based on biographies written by his contemporaries, on 18th-century newspapers and pamphlets, and on letters written to and by Sheridan. The author also gives us much new information about Sheridan’s relations with David Garrick. In an appendix, the author has included a Smock-Alley Calendar, giving a daily record of performances and casts. Most of the material in the Calendar has not been collected before and should be invaluable to theater historians. Originally published in 1967. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Download or read book Yearbook Claremont Reading Conference written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 978 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Puppet Theater in Performance written by Nancy H. Cole and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compendium of information on setting up a puppet theater and putting on plays.

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Download or read book Theatre written by David Mamet and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2010-04-07 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If theatre were a religion, explains David Mamet in his opening chapter, "many of the observations and suggestions in this book might be heretical." As always, Mamet delivers on his promise: in Theatre, the acclaimed author of Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed the Plow calls for nothing less than the death of the director and the end of acting theory. For Mamet, either actors are good or they are non-actors, and good actors generally work best without the interference of a director, however well-intentioned. Issue plays, political correctness, method actors, impossible directions, Stanislavksy, and elitists all fall under Mamet's critical gaze. To students, teachers, and directors who crave a blast of fresh air in a world that can be insular and fearful of change, Theatre throws down a gauntlet that challenges everyone to do better, including Mamet himself.

Download or read book The Best in Children s Books written by Zena Sutherland and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1980-05 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes indexes.

Download or read book The Puppetry Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Mother Other Unsavory Plays written by Stanis_aw Ignacy Witkiewicz and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1993 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited and translated by Daniel Gerould and C.S. Durer, foreword by Jan Kott. Painter, playwrights, novelist, aesthetician, philosopher, and expert on drugs, Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz - or Witkacy, as he called himself - remains Poland's outstanding figure in the arts between the two world wars. This volume brings together three of Witkiewicz's best works for the stage as well as a selection from his critical writing. The plays deal with the author's principal themes and obsessions: the dilemma of the artist in the twentieth century; the revolutions in science and politics; and the bankruptcy of all ideology, the decline of western civilization, and the coming of totalitarianism. Yet, far from being solemn or even serious in tone, these apocalyptic dramas are permeated with grotesque humor and characterized by a wild theatricality that particularly appeals to contemporary sensibility.

Download or read book Stories to Play with written by Hiroko Fujita and published by august house. This book was released on 1999 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects over twenty-five stories for storytellers to tell to young children accompanied by origami, paper tearing, and puppetry techniques to capture the attention of the very young.