Toward an Aesthetics of the Puppet: Puppetry as a Theatrical Art

by Steve Tillis

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313283591
• ISBN13: 9780313283598
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"