Reading the Puppet Stage

<p>Drawing on the author’s two decades of seeing writing on and teaching about puppetry from a critical perspective this book offers a collection of insights into how we watch understand and appreciate puppetry.</p><p><em>Reading the Puppet Stage</em> uses examples from a broad range of puppetry genres from Broadway shows and the Muppets to the rich field of international contemporary performing object experimentation to the wealth of Asian puppet traditions as it illustrates the ways performing objects can create and structure meaning and the dramaturgical interplay between puppets performers and language onstage.</p><p>An introductory approach for students critics and artists this book underlines where significant artistic concerns lie in puppetry and outlines the supportive networks and resources that shape the community of those who make watch and love this ever-developing art.</p>