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Inside the Drama-House: Rama Stories and Shadow Puppets in South India

By: Blackburn, Stuart

Price: $6.19

Publisher: University of California Press: 1996-05-28

Seller ID: M0520202066Z2

ISBN: 0520202066

Condition: VeryGood

Stuart Blackburn takes the reader inside a little-known form of shadow puppetry in this captivating work about performing the Tamil version of the Ramayana epic. Blackburn describes the skill and physical stamina of the puppeteers in Kerala state in South India as they perform all night for as many as ten weeks during the festival season. The fact that these performances often take place without an audience forms the starting point for Blackburn's discussion-one which explores not only this important epic tale and its performance, but also the broader theoretical issues of text, interpretation...
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The Victorian Marionette Theatre (Studies Theatre Hist & Culture)

By: Mccormick, John

Price: $20.00

Publisher: University Of Iowa Press: 2004-11-01

Seller ID: M0877459126Z2

ISBN: 0877459126

Condition: VeryGood

Standard-sized. VG - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE
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The Victorian Marionette Theatre (Studies Theatre Hist & Culture)

By: Mccormick, John

Price: $20.01

Publisher: University Of Iowa Press: 2004-11-01

Seller ID: M0877459126Z3

ISBN: 0877459126

Condition: Good

In this fascinating and colorful book, researcher and performer John McCormick focuses on the marionette world of Victorian Britain between its heyday after 1860 and its waning years from 1895 to 1914. Situating the rich and diverse pupper theatre in the context of entertainment culture, he explores both the aesthetics of these dancing dolls and their sociocultural significance in their life and time. The history of marionette performances is interwoven with live-actor performances and with the entire gamut of annual fairs, portable and permanent theatres, music halls, magic lantern shows, wax...
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