[Ansteorra] Puppets in Period

[Alexandria Doyle]

I think that the place to start is with  DOLLS AND PUPPETS  by MAX VON
BOEHM.  This is the work that most modern doll historians go to as
their source for dolls, and the second half of this book is about
various puppets.

There's also somewhere an inventory of the things that Mary Stuart
brought back with her to Scotland that included a set of marionette
dolls that she and her ladies are reported to have dressed and
redressed as they pleased.  This is not a source I now have to hand as
I think it was someone else's book webbed perhaps for a limited time,
but I'm sure that a little searching would turn it up.

Some books do lump dolls and puppets together, (but in our period they
seemed to be two very different things) so looking at some of the doll
histories might get you started.  If you'd like, I can look at the
library at home and see if there's more puppet related stuff mixed in
with the doll stuff

alex

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Regan Caimbeul
<regan.caimbeul at gmail.com> wrote:
> Please excuse the bandwidth..
>
> I was wondering if anyone has information regarding puppets in period: what
> kinds of puppets were used, how to make them, sample shows, or other
> introduction-like stuff (yes, that's a technical term).
>
> I think that I would LIKE to stick with the Tudor/Elizabethan period in
> England.  However, information from other eras, and countries would also be
> interesting.  This is just something new that I would like to learn about,
> and I thought I would put some feelers out on the list and see what was out
> there.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Rachel
>
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