Toward an Aesthetics of the Puppet
Puppetry as a Theatrical Art
Seiten
1992
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-0-313-28359-8 (ISBN)
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-0-313-28359-8 (ISBN)
Societies around the world have their puppet traditions and puppetry remains a vital theatrical art; yet puppetry has received little attention in the theoretical study of theatre. The present study offers an aesthetic theory and vocabulary for practitioners, critics, and audiences to utilize in creating, evaluating, viewing, and describing the age-old, yet ever-new art of the puppet.
Asserting that no satisfactory theory or descriptive vocabulary has yet been advanced for the theatrical puppet, Steve Tillis seeks the underlying principles through observation and analysis of puppetry in all its manifestations. He considers the disparate range of puppet performance and puppet construction to determine what is constant and what is variable and explores such theoretical problems as how a puppet is to be defined; how its appeal is to be explained, and how its performance is to be described. Reviewing standard responses to these problems in a thorough survey of the literature on puppetry, he then offers new solutions. In an interesting coda, Tillis discusses the power of the puppet as a metaphor of humanity and a term applied to particular people. This is an essential text not only for college puppetry courses but also for all serious puppet artists, as well as scholars and researchers in performance theory and practice, and more general audiences.
Asserting that no satisfactory theory or descriptive vocabulary has yet been advanced for the theatrical puppet, Steve Tillis seeks the underlying principles through observation and analysis of puppetry in all its manifestations. He considers the disparate range of puppet performance and puppet construction to determine what is constant and what is variable and explores such theoretical problems as how a puppet is to be defined; how its appeal is to be explained, and how its performance is to be described. Reviewing standard responses to these problems in a thorough survey of the literature on puppetry, he then offers new solutions. In an interesting coda, Tillis discusses the power of the puppet as a metaphor of humanity and a term applied to particular people. This is an essential text not only for college puppetry courses but also for all serious puppet artists, as well as scholars and researchers in performance theory and practice, and more general audiences.
Playwright, performer, and director, STEVE TILLIS has worked professionally in the theatre since 1974. His article The Appeal of the Puppet: God or Toy? was published in The Language of the Puppet, edited by Laurence R. Kominz and Mark Levinson.
Preface
Introduction
Defining and Explaining the Puppet
Standard Definitions
Standard Explanations
A New Basis for Definition and Explanation
Describing the Puppet
Standard Descriptions
A New Basis for Description
Coda-Metaphor and the Puppet
Works Cited
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.6.1992 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 482 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
| ISBN-10 | 0-313-28359-1 / 0313283591 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-313-28359-8 / 9780313283598 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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