Editor's note.(Puppetry.)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
American Theatre, February, 2004 by O'Quinn, Jim
Puppets are enough to make you giddy. They tempt you to escape from everydayness and go someplace altogether elsewhere. Photographs of puppets are very different than pictures of actors, and frequently they're twice as interesting. Watching a puppeteer casually handle one of his or her creations off stage can be as affecting an experience as a great puppet performance.
A puppet can be as big as a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade float or as tiny as a matchstick. The profession of puppetry is similarly multifarious, encompassing genres from the children's marionette ...
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