Marionette theatre
Example pages
For the theatre, the two authors Marlene Gmelin and Detlef Schmelz are known for their poetic, pantomiming puppetry. In this book, they show how easily playable figures are created and what determines a good, lively play.
"Peter and the wolf"
The stage set is - as the marionettes too - reduced to the essentials.
A marionette has a powerful effect on people of all ages. It very subtly touches into strata which are much deeper than the conscious mind and so makes a sustained impact on us. It addressesthe child in us – however old we may be.