Marionette Sourcebook:
Theory & Technique

By Luman Coad

Here is the book to help you design and construct string puppets uniquely suited to your special needs. Topics include: evolution of the marionette, theory of string puppets. controls, bodies and joints, construction, manipulations, and stages. Plus a unique chapter on the traditional marionettes of China and Japan. Forward by Dr. Frank Ballard. Includes index and bibliography. 170 line illustrations.

    "This well-illustrated and well-researched book contains everything the puppeteer needs to know about marionettes." Joan Weller, Humanities and the Arts
                                           

147 p. - 8¹/₂ x 7"
ISBN13: 978-0-921845-11-9

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