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Shadow Puppets and Shadow Play

Shadow Puppets and Shadow Play

by David Currell (Author)

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    Illustrated 2007

    $46.68
Synopsis

"Shadow Puppets and Shadow Play" is a comprehensive guide to the design, construction and manipulation and presentation of shadow puppets, considered by many to be the oldest puppet theatre tradition. Traditional shadow play techniques, together with modern materials and methods and recent explorations into theatre of shadows, are explained with precision and clarity, and illustrated by photographs that include the work of some of the finest shadow players in the world.

$46.68

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 208
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
Published: 22 Oct 2007
ISBN 10: 1861269242
ISBN 13: 9781861269249
Book Overview: Features and reviews in Mask & Puppet News and Puppeteers UK online magazine.Reviews in Crafts magazines, Amateur Stage, Express and Lighting & Sound International.

Media Reviews
Clearly written, intelligently organized, precisely illustrated and beautifully designed. --Theatre Design and Technology
Author Bio
David Currell is widely recognized as a leading authority on puppet theatre. He was co-founder of the National Puppet Centre and its chairperson for nearly twenty years. One of the most widely published authors on the subject over a period of forty years, this is his first book to focus exclusively on shadow play, which is one of his specialist interests. David has written Puppets and Puppet Theatre and Making & Manipulating Marionettes for Crowood. Resident - London SW