The Italian Puppet Theater
A History
Published on 3. May 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-0-7864-4346-8 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first full-length, English language study of Italian puppetry. Chapters describe Italy's rich puppet theater tradition through the end of the eighteenth century; the golden age of glove puppets, marionettes and pupi; commedia dell'arte and the puppet stage; the evolution of repertoires; music and spectacle; and changes during the twentieth century. Concluding chapters offer in-depth studies of two marionette companies, Turin's Lupi and Catania's Fratelli Napoli. Rich in photographs, the book includes 28 color plates.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
127 photos (28 in color), appendix, glossary, notes, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-4346-8 (9780786443468)
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Persons
John McCormick, theater historian and founder of the Drama Department of Trinity College Dublin, has been a practicing puppeteer since the 1950s. His books include studies of nineteenth- and twentieth-century French and British theater, popular puppetry in nineteenth-century Europe, and the Victorian marionette theater. Alfonso Cipolla, lecturer at the University of Turin and theater critic, has published extensively on puppet theatre. Alessandro Napoli, a teacher and author of a major study of the Catanian puppet theatre, belongs to a puppet family.
Content
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. To the End of the Eighteenth Century
2. The Golden Age: Glove-Puppets
3. The Golden Age: Marionettes and Pupi
4. The Commedia dell'Arte and the Puppet Stage
5. Saints, Paladins and Bandits
6. The Creation of New Repertoires
Between pages 154 and 155 are 16 color plates containing 28 photographs
7. Music and Spectacle
8. The Twentieth Century
9. Two Centuries of the Lupi Company of Turin (Alfonso Cipolla)
10. The Fratelli Napoli Puppet Company: The Catanian Opira from
1921 Until Today (Alessandro Napoli)
Appendix: Diagrams
Glossary
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. To the End of the Eighteenth Century
2. The Golden Age: Glove-Puppets
3. The Golden Age: Marionettes and Pupi
4. The Commedia dell'Arte and the Puppet Stage
5. Saints, Paladins and Bandits
6. The Creation of New Repertoires
Between pages 154 and 155 are 16 color plates containing 28 photographs
7. Music and Spectacle
8. The Twentieth Century
9. Two Centuries of the Lupi Company of Turin (Alfonso Cipolla)
10. The Fratelli Napoli Puppet Company: The Catanian Opira from
1921 Until Today (Alessandro Napoli)
Appendix: Diagrams
Glossary
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index