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Philpott, A. R.
Philpott, A. R.
Dictionary of
Puppetry
Dictionary, especially to the
newcomer to puppetry, is that
it not only fulfils the normal
function of a reference book
giving meanings of technical
terms and related data but
also provides an introduction
to the whole world of puppetry:
the puppeteers, the puppets,
the puppetry organizations, the
literature on the subject,
technical information, ideas
and theories. It can in fact be
PN1972 .P47 read straight through from A-Z,
1969b 1969 or the pages can be opened at English Plays, Inc
Let’s look at
puppets PN1972 .P48 1966
glass case and you can have
no idea of how it moved when
alive unless you have seen live
fish swimming. It is the same
with puppets: unless you have
seen some in action, those in
museums will give you little
idea of how they acted on their
stages. ...Nobody knows who
made the first puppet in the
world or what it looked like.
Today there are more puppets
than ever before, many new
types of puppets and new
kinds of shows. 'Let's Look at
Puppets' will give you some
idea of the puppets and English A. Whitman