Puppetry : how to do it /

Written by an experienced theatre and puppetry director, Mervyn Millar's Puppetry: How to Do It focuses on the performer and the craft of bringing any puppet to life. No puppet-making is required to use this book. Starting just with simple objects, it lays out the skills required to unlock a pu...

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Main Author: Millar, Mervyn, 1974- (Author)
Other Authors: Daniel, Nick Arthur (Photographer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Nick Hern Books, 2018.
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Summary:Written by an experienced theatre and puppetry director, Mervyn Millar's Puppetry: How to Do It focuses on the performer and the craft of bringing any puppet to life. No puppet-making is required to use this book. Starting just with simple objects, it lays out the skills required to unlock a puppet's limitless potential for expression and connection with an audience. Inside you'll discover fifty practical, easy-to-follow exercises, for use in a group or on your own, to develop elements of the craft, build confidence and help you improve your puppetry through play and improvisation. Also included are sections on different types of puppet, thinking about how the puppeteer is presented on stage and how to direct and devise puppet performances.
Physical Description:381 pages ; illustrations ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781848425460
1848425465