Chapter I: Front Matter

MARIONETTES
MASKS AND SHADOWS

MARIONETTES MASKS _and_ SHADOWS

BY
WINIFRED H. MILLS

_Head of Art Department, Fairmount Junior High Training School,
Cleveland, Ohio_

&

LOUISE M. DUNN

_Assistant Curator of Education, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland,
Ohio_

Illustrated
by
CORYDON BELL

Garden City, New York
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.
1927

COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE
& COMPANY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE
COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.

FIRST EDITION

_To Adventurers among Puppets and Plays_

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CONTENTS

MARIONETTES PAGE
I. The Marionette—Its Family Tree 1
II. The Marionette—Its Famous Friends 25
III. Choosing Your Play 33
IV. Making Your Stage 47
V. Making Your Marionette 52
VI. Making Your Scenery 84
VII. Making Your Properties 102
VIII. Lighting Your Stage 112
IX. Training Your Puppeteers 119
X. Presenting Your Play 135

MASKS
I. The Map of the Mask 143
II. Occasions for Wearing the Mask 152
III. Making the Mask 160
IV. The Costume and Setting for the Mask 168
V. The Mask with Pantomime, Music, and Dance 196

SHADOWS
I. The Mystery of the Shadow 205
II. Making a Shadow Play 212
III. Producing Cut-out Shadow Plays 215
IV. Producing Human Shadow Plays 225
Bibliography 241
Index 265

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ILLUSTRATIONS

Tree of the Marionettes _Frontispiece_

HALFTONES

MARIONETTES

FACING PACE

Marionette play, “Men of Iron,” given by ninth year
pupils, Fairmount Junior High School, Cleveland, Ohio 18

Scenes from Marionette play, “Adventures of Alice,”
given by ninth year pupils Fairmount Junior High
School at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Marionettes
made by Tuesday Marionette Club 34

Scenes from the Marionette play, “Men of Iron” 98

Marionette Ballet, “Petroushka” 114

_Upper._ Marionettes from “The Adventures of Alice.”
_Lower Left._ Bear and Trainer from “Men of Iron.”
_Lower Right._ Marionette from “Petroushka.” 130

MASKS
Masks. Indian Corn Maidens. Clowns. Japanese Characters:
Old Woman, Devil Mask, Old Man 146

_Upper Row._ Bishop, Queen, King. _Middle Row._
Lady-in-Waiting, Crusader, Child. _Lower Row._ Jester,
Old Woman, Little Jack 150

Masks. _Upper._ Mummer, Queen, Jester. _Middle._
Egyptian Priest, Persian Poet, Greek Maiden. _Lower._
Columbine and Pierrot 158

Characters from Christmas Mask 162

Scene from Christmas Mask given by ninth year Fairmount
Junior High School pupils at the Cleveland Museum of
Art. Lady-in-Waiting, King 178

SHADOWS
_Upper_: Scene from cut out shadow play, “The Traveling
Musicians of Bremen.” _Lower_:—Behind the scene in a
cut out shadow play, given by eighth grade pupils of
Fairmount Junior High School, Cleveland, Ohio 210

Scenes from the cut out shadow play, “The Traveling
Musicians of Bremen.” 214

Behind the scenes in the human shadow play “The Indian
and the Oki.” 222

Scenes from the human shadow play, “The Indian and the
Oki.” 226

More scenes from the human shadow play, “The Indian and
the Oki.” 232

Scenes from the human shadow play, “The Shepherdess.” 236

FULL PAGE LINE DRAWINGS
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Constructional drawing of Marionette stage, back view 50

Side view of Marionette stage, with lighting 51

Knight Marionette 77

FACING PAGE

The Map of the Mask 146

MARIONETTES

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