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A practical guide to puppetry / Mark Down.

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The Crowood Press, 2022.

Puppeteers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Puppet theater.

9780719841019 (pbk.)

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176 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.

"'A Practical Guide to Puppetry' offers a comprehensive overview to this versatile art form, exploring established techniques and offering expert instruction on styles from shadow puppetry to group puppetry. Each method is illustrated with practical and accessible exercises, achievable either individually or in a group workshop or rehearsal. With over 80 exercises for improvising, training, designing and directing puppetry, accompanied by 400 illustrations, this new book gives a complete approach to puppeteering with objects, simple puppets and puppets with mechanisms."--From publisher.

Mark Down is the artistic director of 'Blind Summit Theatre,' a company dedicated to pushing the boundaries of puppetry in the UK and internationally. Over the last twenty years, Mark and his team have worked with landmark opera and theatre productions worldwide, including Complicite, the New York Metropolitan Opera, the Royal National Theatre and the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony.

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