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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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Author:   John McCormick ,  Alfonso Cipolla ,  Alessandro Napoli
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780786443468

ISBN 10:   0786443464
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   03 May 2010
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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     

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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.

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