INDEX

African Masks, 144

Alice in Wonderland, Marionette Play, 35–36

Angelo, Michael, 28

American Puppets, 22

Animal: Burattini, 57 Marionettes, 80–83 Masks, 144, 146, 149 Shadows, 218, 219, 220, 230

Anderson, Madge, 23

Antiquity of Marionettes, 1 Masks, 143 Shadows, 203

Anvil, A puppet property, 104

Antiochus, King of Syria, 9

Archimedes, 7, 25

Arms, for Marionettes, 72

Arlequino, 12, 13

Aztec Masks, 146

Athens, 7

Attaching head of Marionette, 74

Austria, 21

Backgrounds, 75

Ballet, Marionette, 125, 127

Bear, Marionette, 81

Behavior behind the Scenes, 137–138

Benda, W. T., 151

Bergamo, 12

Bible Costumes, 171

Bibliography, 241 Marionettes, 245 Masks, 261 Shadows, 262 Costume Books, 253

Bishops’ Costume, 179

Body, of Burattini, 56 Marionette, 70

Bohemia, 22

Brazier, a puppet property, 111

Brazilian Masks, 146

Briocchi, Giovanni & Francesco, 15

Bronze Masks, 144

Browne, Mrs. Maurice, 23

Brushes, use and care of, 96

Burato cloth, 12

Burattini, description of, 8, 12, 52

Burma, 3

Burmese Masks, 148

Castles, for Marionette stage, 84–85

Catacombs, puppets found in, 9

Caterpillar Marionette, 83, 110

Cavalier costume, 188

Cervantes, 27

Character, study of, 63–64

Character Masks, 161, 166

China, 1, 4

Chinese Masks, 147–148

Christians, Their use of puppets, 9

Christmas Masks, 153–159

Christmas Shadow play, 234–236

266Churches, use of puppets in, 10, 11

Color Mixing, suggestions for, 93–95

Colonial Costume, 191

Columbine, 198

Columbus, 187

Commedia dell’arte, 150, 151, 198

Construction of Marionette, 52–83 Masks, 160–164 Puppet Stages, 47–50 Marionette properties, 101–111 Marionette scenery, 84–100 Shadow figures, 219–221, 230 Shadow standard, 216

Controllers, 59–60, 79

Copper Masks, 144

Costume, Imaginative, 169 Period, 169 Indian, 170 Bible, 171 Egyptian, 172, 173 Cretan, 174 Greek, 175–176 Roman, 177 Early Church, 178–179 Crusader, 180–181 Twelfth Century, 182 Thirteenth Century, 184 Fifteenth Century, 185 Sixteenth Century, 186–187 Seventeenth Century, cavalier, 188–189 Seventeenth Century, pilgrim, 189 Eighteenth Century, French, 190 Eighteenth Century, Colonial, 191

Costuming Marionettes, 76

Costume materials, 191–193

Craig, Gordon, 32

Cretan costume, 174

Crusaders’ enjoy religious puppet plays, 10

Crusaders’ costume, 180–181

Curtains, material, dyeing & making of, 99–101

Cyrano de Bergerac, 17

Dancing, for Marionettes, 124 for the Mask, 201

David Copperfield, Marionette play, 42–44, 107

Dilley, Perry, 23

Dionysus, 149

Dolls, 1, 3, Wooden dolls, 13 Dolls into Marionettes, 58 Dolls’ heads for Burattini, 53

Don Quixote, 18, 27

Doré, Gustave, 28

Dove Marionette, 82

Duncan, William, 23

Dyeing, of materials, 99–100

Early Church costumes, 178–179

Eighteenth Century French costumes, 190

Egypt, 1

Egyptian Costumes, 172–173

Egyptian Masks, 148

Electrician, 136

Empress Marie, 9

Emperor Charles V of Spain, 18–26

England, 12, 18

Ephesus, 7

Eskimo masks, 144

Europe, 10–22

Every Man in his Humor, Marionette play, 27

Fair of St. Bartholomew, 18

Fantoccini, description of, 9

Fashion puppet, Lady Jane, 19

267Fagotin, the Trained Monkey, 16–17

Fifteenth Century costume, 185

Florence, 11

Fontaine, Jean de la, 28

Fountain, construction of, 109

France, 12, 15

France, Anatole, 28

French Revolution, puppets beheaded, 17

Germany, 12, 21

Gesso, making of, 108

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 29–31

Gold, puppets of, 3

Goldoni, Carlo, 28

Greece, 1, 7

Greek costumes, 175–176

Greek masks, 149, 196

Guignol, description of, 52

Hair for Marionettes, 54

Hallowe’en, masks for, 151, 152

Hands, for Burattini, 53 Marionettes, 71

Hans Wurst, German puppet character, 12

Harlequin, clown, 198

Haydn, Joseph, 21

Heads, Muslin, 52 dolls’, 53 wooden, 53–54 modelling of, 62, 65, 66 papier-mâché, 67–68

Holland, 12

Homer, 8

Hopi Indians, 23, 146

Horse Marionette, 81

Hungary, 22

Idols, articulated, 2, 144

Iliad, stories from, 8

Imaginative costumes, 169

India, 2, 3

Indian costumes, 170

Indian masks, 145

Inspector of the strings, 136

Italy, 12

Ivory Marionettes, 1

Ivory masks, 144

Japan, 1, 6

Japanese masks, 148

Java, 1

Javanese masks, 148

Jean Pickel Herring, a Dutch puppet, 12

Jerusalem, puppets in, 10

Jongleurs, French Traveling Minstrels, 197

Joseph, Helen Haiman, 23

Julius Cæsar, Marionette play, 27

Karagheuz, Turkish puppet hero, 210

Kaspare, German puppet character, 12

Khayyam, Omar, 209

Lantern, Marionette property, 111

Legs and feet for Marionette, 72

Lighting, chart for, 117 dimmer for, 118 shadow play, 222, 233

Louis XIV, King of France, 27

Mabley, Edward, 23

Maeterlinck, Maurice, 28

Making a mold for Marionette head, 66

268Making shadow plays, 212–214

March hare Marionette, 82, 83

Mardi Gras, Festival of, 151

Marionettes, origin of name, 12, 14

Marionettes, Burattini, or guignol, 52–57 Doll, 58–60 Stocking, 60–62 Real Marionette, 62–83

Masks, Primitive man, 143 African, 144 Eskimo, 144 Indian, California, 145 Indian, Hopi, 146 Indian, Zuni, 146 Aztec, 146 Brazilian, 146 Chinese, 147–148 Siamese, 148 Burmese, 148 Javanese, 148 Ceylonese, 148 Japanese, 148 Egyptian, 148 Mycenean, 149 Animal, 146–149 Roman, 149 Medieval, 150 Commedia dell’Arte, 151

Materials for properties, 106 for animals, 183 for costumes, 191–193

Mechanism, for Marionettes, 52–83

Medieval masks, 150

Medici, Lorenzo de’, 28

Men of Iron, Marionette play, 37–41, 84, 90, 103

Messer Pantaleone, Italian puppet character, 12

Midsummer Night’s Dream, Marionette play, 27

Miracle plays, given by Marionettes, 11

Mister Punch, English puppet character, 12

Modeling, puppet heads, 62–65 masks, 162

Mold, for puppet head, 66

Molière, French Dramatist, 68

Monk’s costume, 179

Movable jaw of Marionette, 69

Munich, puppet theater in, 21

Muslin head for Burattini, 52

Mycenean masks, 149

Mystery plays, 12

Nun’s costume, 179

Odyssey, Marionette plays from, 8

Ogotai, Persian Emperor, 5

Ornaments for Costume, 192–193

Osiris, Egyptian god, 2

Painting, Marionette face, hands, 44, 45

Painting masks, 165

Pantalone, Italian puppet character, 198

Pantomime, Art of, 196–202

Papa Schmidt, German puppet maker, 21

Paper-bag mask, 160

Papier-mâché, marionette head, 67, 68

Papier-mâché mask, 194

Paste, flour, 67

Parvati, Indian goddess, 3

Persia, Puppets in, 1, 5

Period costumes, 169

Petrouchka, Ballet of, 125–127

Pilgrim costume, 189

Ping, City of, 4

269Plato, 25

Plaster of Paris, How to use, 66

Plays, Japanese, 7

Plays suited, to puppets, 33 to shadow cut-outs, 212 to human shadows, 226, 234

Poland, 22

Polichinello, 12

Powell, Mr., English puppet showman, 19

Presenting a play, 135

Properties for: Marionette plays, 101–111 Mask, 194–195

Property man, 135

Prompter, 136

Proscenium, 99

Pulcinella, French puppet character, 198

Punch, English puppet character, 20

Reader, shadow play, 223, 231, 232

Rehearsals of: Marionette play, 118–134 Shadow play, 231, 232

Religious plays, Marionettes in, 10 Shadow plays, 234–236

Research, properties, 102–105

Richard, the Lion-Hearted, 180

Rome, 1, 8

Roman costumes, 179

Roman masks, 149

Rousseau, 28

Russia, 21

Saladin, 27

Sand, George, 27

Sand, Maurice, 27

Sarg, Tony, 23

Savonarola, 11

Scale, Importance of, 58

Scaramuccia, Italian puppet character, 12

Scenery: Castles in Men of Iron, 84 Requirements and planning of, 85–93 Materials for, 92 Color mixing for, 94 Brushes for painting, 96

Scenery, shadow play, 222, 229

Screen, for Human Shadows, 226

Searle, Mr. Mathew, 23

Seventeenth century costume, 188–189

Shadows, 3, 205, 237

Shadow superstitions: Nyas, 205 Wetar, 206 Ollowa Indians, 206 Malay, 206 India, 206 Africa, 206 S. E. Europe, 206–207

Shadow figures, construction of, 218–221

Shadow figures, manipulation of, 223

Shakespeare, 27

Siam, 3

Siamese masks, 148

Simmonds, Mr. William, 21

Singhalese masks, 148

Siva, Indian God, 3

Sixteenth-century costume, 186–187

Smoke, how to make, 109–110

Socrates, 25

Spain, 18

Stage picture, 130–131

Stages: Egyptian puppet stage, 2 Wooden stages, 10 Marionette stages, 47–51

270Standards for shadow play, 216

Stanislavsky, Constantin, 30, 31

Staples, for Marionette construction, 61

Statues, articulated, 1, 2

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 225

Stocking Marionettes, 60, 61

Strings, 1, 59, 79, 80

Syracuse, 7

Taillefer, 14, 197

Teschner, Richard, 21

The Indian and the Oki as a shadow play, 226–233

Thespis, 149

Thirteenth-century costume, 184

Tombs, Egyptian, 1

Torriani, Giovanni, constructor of wonderful puppets, 18

Training puppeteers: Choosing puppeteers, 120 Manipulating, 122–127 Voice, 133–134, 223 Stage picture, 130–131

Traveling Musicians of Bremen as a shadow play, 217–220

Trent, Council of, 11

Turkey, 3

Twelfth century costume, 182

Value and Intensity, in relation to scene painting, 95

Venice, 12, 13

Virgil, 149

Voice, how to use it in puppet plays, 133, 134

Voltaire, 27

Wearing costumes, the art of, 193

Wood: figures, 10 masks, 144

Wooden head for Burattini, 53–54

Yen Sze, Chinese Showman, 4

Zuni Indian Masks, 146

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

Typos fixed; non-standard spelling and dialect retained.