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The Italian Puppet Theater: A History

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By (author): Alessandro Napoli Alfonso Cipolla John McCormick

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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  • Weight: 567g
  • Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
  • Publication Date: 03 May 2010
  • Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780786443468

About Alessandro NapoliAlfonso CipollaJohn McCormick

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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