Practical puppetry A-Z : a guide for librarians and teachers / Carol R. Exner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Exner, Carol R., 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Puppet theater--Encyclopedias.

Puppet theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland, [2005]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This reference work includes photographs and illustrations and offers an A to Z view of working with puppets including ideas, materials list and assembly instructions. This work concludes with an annotated bibliography and index"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgment; Contents; Preface; African Puppetry; American Indian Puppetry; Apron Stages; Armatures; Assistants; Atlanta Center for Puppetry Arts; Audiences; Bag Puppets; Beaks; Beginners; Body Puppets; Bottle Heads and Puppets; Box Stages; Brush Puppets; Bunraku; Business of Puppetry; Cardboard Boxes; Cardboard Tube Sliding-Mouth Puppets; Cereal Box Puppets; Characters; Chinese Bag Puppet Theaters; Clothespin Puppets; Clubs; Comedy; Concept Puppets; Costumes; Courses; Craft Clays; Curtains; Dioramas; Directing Puppet Plays; Disabilities; Doorway Stages; Ears; Educational Puppetry

Egg Carton PuppetsEyes; Festivals; Finger Puppet Theaters; Finger Puppets; Fist Puppets; Flannel Boards; Foam Rubber Puppets; Focus; Giant Puppets; Glove Puppets; Glue Gun Techniques; Grants and Internships; Greeting Card Theaters; Guignol; Hair and Wigs; Hamburger Box Puppets; Hand Puppets; Hands; Hands as Puppets; Hanging Stages; Hanging Toy Theaters; Hinges; History of Puppetry; India and Puppetry; Internet Links; Islamic Puppetry; Jumping Jacks; Junk Puppets; Karagoz; Life-Sized Puppets; Lighting; Limberjacks; Marionettes; Mask Puppets with Movable Mouths; Masks; Mime; Mouth Puppets

MouthsMusic; National Day of Puppetry; National Puppetry Conference; National Puppetry Festival; Noses; Object Theater; Paper Bag Theaters; Papier-Mâché; Peep Shows; Philosophy of Puppetry; Polymer and Air-Hardening Clays; Ponytail Holder Movable Mouths; Pop-Up Puppets; Practice; Preschoolers' Puppets; Props; Punch and Judy; Puppet Corners; Puppet Gloves; Puppeteers; Puppeteers of America; Puppetools; Puppets Defined; Publications; PVC Puppet Stages; Rehearsal; Rod Puppets; Scenery; Sets of Basic Puppets; Shadow Puppet Screens; Shadow Puppets; Shelf-Sitter Puppets; Shoe Box Theaters

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-0787-7