Beaton, Mabel
Summary: This absorbing and entertaining guide provides all the information needed to construct puppets and puppet theaters. Written by professionals with a passion for their art, the detailed and comprehensive manual contains suggestions for making heads, bodies, wigs, and puppet clothing. Entire chapters tell how to manipulate the puppet, set up and furnish a stage, light scenes, and even how to build...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.5 BEASummary: From the streets and taverns of colonial America, in vaudeville, on television and under the bright lights of today's Broadway stage, puppets have been a favorite form of American entertainment. This documentary is the first to chronicle the fascinating evolution of this unique art form. Examines the lives and recounts the significant contributions of men and women who, throughout the years,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mazzarella Media 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV STOFling, Helen.
Summary: Instructions for constructing and costuming marionettes, stringing them for one or two hand control, manipulating them, and staging a show.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.5 FLIKreutinger, Adam
Summary: "Master the magnificent art of puppetry and join the ranks of Jim Henson with this exhaustive puppeteering guide! Are you looking to learn how to puppeteer for television, shows or just for fun? Have you tried grasping your puppetry skills, but you can't seem to ace it no matter what you do? If yes, and yes, this puppetry guide has got you covered! The simplicity and rawness of puppetry make it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nimalz Studios, LLC 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.53 KREGray, John
Summary: In The Soul of the Marionette, his brilliantly enjoyable and freewheeling book, John Gray draws together the religious, philosophic, and fantastical traditions that question the very idea of human freedom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 123 GRAAlbee, Sarah.
Summary: With the encouragement of her parents, coach, and teammates, Zoe becomes a happy member of the Sesame T-ball team.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2003