Lucid, easy-to-follow book teaches beginners how to create a full working range of puppet motions and emotions. Also covers elements of good puppet theatrical technique: voice use and synchronization, stage deportment and interactions, improvisation, simple staging, lighting effects, and more. All clearly explained and beautifully illustrated.
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The Complete Book of Puppetry by George Latshaw Expert guide explains how to construct several types of puppets and presents exercises for developing distinctive voices, learning puppet movement. Includes stage design, writing plays, directing productions, more. Over 150 black-and-white illustrations.
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Hand Puppets: How to Make and Use Them by Laura Ross Simple instructions, diagrams, traceable patterns for creating puppets from paper bags, papier mache, and other materials. Directions for writing, staging your own original show.
Ventriloquism Made Easy by Kolby King How to speak without lip movement, develop dialogue and special effects, use props, plan a show, and much more. Indispensable for the absolute beginner.
Punch and Judy: A Short History with the Original Dialogue by John Payne Collier, George Cruikshank A chronicle of their "life," times, and travels, this survey examines the famous puppets' moral and cultural significance as well as the people who played them behind the curtain. 30 illustrations.
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