| Description |
1 online resource (v, 202 p.) : ill. |
| Note |
Rev. ed. of: Marionettes. 1948. |
| Contents |
Preface to puppeteering -- Here's how -- Head start -- The papier-mache head -- Plastic wood: its uses and technique -- The body beautiful -- Wigs -- of all things -- The well-dressed marionette -- Everything under control -- Let me tell you about my operations -- Easy stages -- Light magic -- Gay gilded scenes -- Apropos of props -- We go into production -- "Beauty and the beast" -- Of ancient lineage -- The rest of the story -- About Mabel Beaton. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Summary |
Absorbing, entertaining guide provides all the information needed to construct puppets and puppet theaters, including valuable advice on making heads, bodies, wigs, and puppet clothing, manipulating the puppet, setting up and furnishing a stage, lighting scenes, and building miniature pieces of furniture. Complete script for Beauty and the Beast. Over 200 illustrations. |
| Subject |
Puppet theater.
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Marionettes.
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CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Puppets & Puppetry
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| Genre |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Marionettes. (OCoLC)fst01010062
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Puppet theater. (OCoLC)fst01084220
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| Added Author |
Beaton, Leslie.
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Beaton, Mabel, 1905-2001.
Marionettes.
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Freading.
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| Related To |
Print version: Beaton, Mabel, 1905-2001. Complete book of marionettes. Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2005 0486440176 (DLC) 2005043055 (OCoLC)57531496 |
| ISBN |
9780486317649 (electronic bk.) |
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0486317641 (electronic bk.) |
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