Puppets have been used by storytellers to illuminate and entertain for centuries. These puppets could comment on things the masses could not. Puppet characters like Punch and Judy became popular and shows centering around local politics became common. Shows could be given from the back of wagons and from small portable stages. They were easier to operate, cheaper to make and more mobile. In the seventeenth century, hand puppets,įigures with heads and a body of cloth which fit over the puppeteers hand, became popular. By the sixteenth century, puppet theaters existed all over Europe. However, puppet theater found a new home in the streets and fairs of the working class. The Church decided puppets were no longer suitable for their teaching. In the fourteenth or fifteenth century puppeteers began to explore themes other than religious ones. It may also have come from the word marotte The name Marionette, meaning "Little Mary" may have come from the figure of The Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus, in the telling of the Nativity story. Small jointed figures operated with strings, The Nativity, the story of the birth of Jesus, was a favorite play. In The Middle Ages the Christian Church used puppets to spread church doctrine. Troupes of puppeteers, jesters, jugglers and entertainers breathed new life into theĪs they moved from place to place and puppets found a home in folk art. When Rome was overrun by barbarians and puppet theater vanished, it was the traveling puppeteers who kept the art and the craft alive. Puppetry has survived due to the efforts of all the world's puppeteers through the ages. So, you can see, many countries were introducing operational control changes to existing known forms of puppets and yet, developing different kinds of puppets, at relatively the same time. Three dimensional rod puppets evolved from shadow puppets. The Turkish puppeteers added waist movement to their shadow puppets and began controlling rod arm movements from the side, rather than the bottom, as the Chinese had done. The puppeteer uses one hand to control the rod attached to the neck and the other hand to control the rods attached to its wrists. They usually have three rods or strings attached to them. The shadow of the figures appear clearly to the audience on the other side. These figures are placed in front of a screen with light passing through it. Shadow puppets are translucent figures colored in with paints. It suffices to say puppets have been a part ofĬhina made shadow puppets from stretched donkey skins, dried sheep skin, water buffaloes, pigs, or fish. Native American Indians used puppets in their corn festivals and ceremonial dances.Įgyptians made jointed puppets from terra cotta.Īnd Plato's writings however, no specific details are given regarding the art. Puppets seemed to have evolved from these masks to doll like figures with moving limbs. Ritual masks with hinged jaws or jointed skulls used in religious ceremonies. In short, I have found Puppet Theater to beĪ wonderful place to find peace of mind and spirit.Ī figure whose movements are controlled by someone through, strings, rods, or hand movements. The bad hats seem to be ahead in this game, ![]() It is my armor in a world of frustrations It has always been both a sword and a shield to me. To see the good guys win and justice done. I have used it, along with my story telling to fulfill my need ![]() Unburden yourself or release your feelings. It may be motivated by the need to explain,Įxplore, embrace or critique the human condition.Įntertain, educate, commiserate, wonder out Puppetry, to me, is an extension of one's It seems to me, man has always been interested in creating Of the shadow puppet and shadow theater in China. Puppetry to me, seems to have existed in many other countries, However, that is only one particular kind of puppet Started in China with the introduction of the shadow puppet. Though most scholars seem to agree puppetry as an art form
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