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Beaumont,
Cyril W.
Puppets and the
puppet stage
PN1972 .B4
1938 1958
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as old as mankind, puppets
and the puppet stage are today
enjoying a great revival.
How rich both America and
Europe are in these doll actors
and in their miniature theatre,
whose performances seem
almost more alive than those
in which human beings play a
direct part, may be seen from
the great numbers of
examples here collected by
the patient care of Mr Cyril W.
Beaumont, the famous expert
on the theatre and author of
"Design for the Ballet." Many
puppets are works of art in
themselves, and this book will
interest those who delight in all
forms of artistic craftsmanship
as well as those specially
interested in the matters of the
stage; while the pages Mr.
Beaumont devotes to the
puppet as a factor in English The Studio, ltd