Marionettes, masks and shadows

by Winifred H. Mills; Louise M. Dunn

The Golden Bough, by Frazer. Macmillan

Field Museum Guide, by Laufer. Field Museum

The Book of Marionettes, by Joseph. Viking Press

A Book about the Theater, by Mathews. Viking Press

Masks and Demons, by Macgowan and Rosse. Harcourt

Very important work in this field has been done by the German writers, Georg Jacob, Otto Höver, Wilhelm Grube, and Hellmut Ritter.

INDEX

• African Masks, [144]
• Alice in Wonderland, Marionette Play, [35]–36
• Angelo, Michael, [28]
• American Puppets, [22]
• Animal:
  • Burattini, [57]
  • Marionettes, [80]–83
  • Masks, [144], [146], [149]
  • Shadows, [218], [219], [220], [230]
• Anderson, Madge, [23]
• Antiquity of
  • Marionettes, [1]
  • Masks, [143]
  • Shadows, [203]
• Anvil, A puppet property, [104]
• Antiochus, King of Syria, [9]
• Archimedes, [7], [25]
• Arms, for Marionettes, [72]
• Arlequino, [12], [13]
• Aztec Masks, [146]
• Athens, [7]
• Attaching head of Marionette, [74]
• Austria, [21]
• Backgrounds, [75]
• Ballet, Marionette, [125], [127]
• Bear, Marionette, [81]
• Behavior behind the Scenes, [137]–138
• Benda, W. T., [151]
• Bergamo, [12]
• Bible Costumes, [171]
• Bibliography, [241]
  • Marionettes, [245]
  • Masks, [261]
  • Shadows, [262]
  • Costume Books, [253]
• Bishops’ Costume, [179]
• Body, of Burattini, [56]
  • Marionette, [70]
• Bohemia, [22]
• Brazier, a puppet property, [111]
• Brazilian Masks, [146]
• Briocchi, Giovanni & Francesco, [15]
• Bronze Masks, [144]
• Browne, Mrs. Maurice, [23]
• Brushes, use and care of, [96]
• Burato cloth, [12]
• Burattini, description of, [8], [12], [52]
• Burma, [3]
• Burmese Masks, [148]
• Castles, for Marionette stage, [84]–85
• Catacombs, puppets found in, [9]
• Caterpillar Marionette, [83], [110]
• Cavalier costume, [188]
• Cervantes, [27]
• Character, study of, [63]–64
• Character Masks, [161], [166]
• China, [1], [4]
• Chinese Masks, [147]–148
• Christians, Their use of puppets, [9]
• Christmas Masks, [153]–159
• Christmas Shadow play, [234]–236
• Churches, use of puppets in, [10], [11]
• Color Mixing, suggestions for, [93]–95
• Colonial Costume, [191]
• Columbine, [198]
• Columbus, [187]
• Commedia dell’arte, [150], [151], [198]
• Construction of Marionette, [52]–83
  • Masks, [160]–164
  • Puppet Stages, [47]–50
  • Marionette properties, [101]–111
  • Marionette scenery, [84]–100
  • Shadow figures, [219]–221, [230]
  • Shadow standard, [216]
• Controllers, [59]–60, [79]
• Copper Masks, [144]
• Costume,
  • Imaginative, [169]
  • Period, [169]
  • Indian, [170]
  • Bible, [171]
  • Egyptian, [172], [173]
  • Cretan, [174]
  • Greek, [175]–176
  • Roman, [177]
  • Early Church, [178]–179
  • Crusader, [180]–181
  • Twelfth Century, [182]
  • Thirteenth Century, [184]
  • Fifteenth Century, [185]
  • Sixteenth Century, [186]–187
  • Seventeenth Century, cavalier, [188]–189
  • Seventeenth Century, pilgrim, [189]
  • Eighteenth Century, French, [190]
  • Eighteenth Century, Colonial, [191]
• Costuming Marionettes, [76]
• Costume materials, [191]–193
• Craig, Gordon, [32]
• Cretan costume, [174]
• Crusaders’ enjoy religious puppet plays, [10]
• Crusaders’ costume, [180]–181
• Curtains, material, dyeing & making of, [99]–101
• Cyrano de Bergerac, [17]
• Dancing, for Marionettes, [124]
  • for the Mask, [201]
• David Copperfield, Marionette play, [42]–44, [107]
• Dilley, Perry, [23]
• Dionysus, [149]
• Dolls, [1], [3],
  • Wooden dolls, [13]
  • Dolls into Marionettes, [58]
  • Dolls’ heads for Burattini, [53]
• Don Quixote, [18], [27]
• Doré, Gustave, [28]
• Dove Marionette, [82]
• Duncan, William, [23]
• Dyeing, of materials, [99]–100
• Early Church costumes, [178]–179
• Eighteenth Century French costumes, [190]
• Egypt, [1]
• Egyptian Costumes, [172]–173
• Egyptian Masks, [148]
• Electrician, [136]
• Empress Marie, [9]
• Emperor Charles V of Spain, [18]–26
• England, [12], [18]
• Ephesus, [7]
• Eskimo masks, [144]
• Europe, [10]–22
• Every Man in his Humor, Marionette play, [27]
• Fair of St. Bartholomew, [18]
• Fantoccini, description of, [9]
• Fashion puppet, Lady Jane, [19]
• Fagotin, the Trained Monkey, [16]–17
• Fifteenth Century costume, [185]
• Florence, [11]
• Fontaine, Jean de la, [28]
• Fountain, construction of, [109]
• France, [12], [15]
• France, Anatole, [28]
• French Revolution, puppets beheaded, [17]
• Germany, [12], [21]
• Gesso, making of, [108]
• Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, [29]–31
• Gold, puppets of, [3]
• Goldoni, Carlo, [28]
• Greece, [1], [7]
• Greek costumes, [175]–176
• Greek masks, [149], [196]
• Guignol, description of, [52]
• Hair for Marionettes, [54]
• Hallowe’en, masks for, [151], [152]
• Hands, for
  • Burattini, [53]
  • Marionettes, [71]
• Hans Wurst, German puppet character, [12]
• Harlequin, clown, [198]
• Haydn, Joseph, [21]
• Heads,
  • Muslin, [52]
  • dolls’, [53]
  • wooden, [53]–54
  • modelling of, [62], [65], [66]
  • papier-mâché, [67]–68
• Holland, [12]
• Homer, [8]
• Hopi Indians, [23], [146]
• Horse Marionette, [81]
• Hungary, [22]
• Idols, articulated, [2], [144]
• Iliad, stories from, [8]
• Imaginative costumes, [169]
• India, [2], [3]
• Indian costumes, [170]
• Indian masks, [145]
• Inspector of the strings, [136]
• Italy, [12]
• Ivory Marionettes, [1]
• Ivory masks, [144]
• Japan, [1], [6]
• Japanese masks, [148]
• Java, [1]
• Javanese masks, [148]
• Jean Pickel Herring, a Dutch puppet, [12]
• Jerusalem, puppets in, [10]
• Jongleurs, French Traveling Minstrels, [197]
• Joseph, Helen Haiman, [23]
• Julius Cæsar, Marionette play, [27]
• Karagheuz, Turkish puppet hero, [210]
• Kaspare, German puppet character, [12]
• Khayyam, Omar, [209]
• Lantern, Marionette property, [111]
• Legs and feet for Marionette, [72]
• Lighting,
  • chart for, [117]
  • dimmer for, [118]
  • shadow play, [222], [233]
• Louis XIV, King of France, [27]
• Mabley, Edward, [23]
• Maeterlinck, Maurice, [28]
• Making a mold for Marionette head, [66]
• Making shadow plays, [212]–214
• March hare Marionette, [82], [83]
• Mardi Gras, Festival of, [151]
• Marionettes, origin of name, [12], [14]
• Marionettes,
  • Burattini, or guignol, [52]–57
  • Doll, [58]–60
  • Stocking, [60]–62
  • Real Marionette, [62]–83
• Masks,
  • Primitive man, [143]
  • African, [144]
  • Eskimo, [144]
  • Indian, California, [145]
  • Indian, Hopi, [146]
  • Indian, Zuni, [146]
  • Aztec, [146]
  • Brazilian, [146]
  • Chinese, [147]–148
  • Siamese, [148]
  • Burmese, [148]
  • Javanese, [148]
  • Ceylonese, [148]
  • Japanese, [148]
  • Egyptian, [148]
  • Mycenean, [149]
  • Animal, [146]–149
  • Roman, [149]
  • Medieval, [150]
  • Commedia dell’Arte, [151]
• Materials for properties, [106]
  • for animals, [183]
  • for costumes, [191]–193
• Mechanism, for Marionettes, [52]–83
• Medieval masks, [150]
• Medici, Lorenzo de’, [28]
• Men of Iron, Marionette play, [37]–41, [84], [90], [103]
• Messer Pantaleone, Italian puppet character, [12]
• Midsummer Night’s Dream, Marionette play, [27]
• Miracle plays, given by Marionettes, [11]
• Mister Punch, English puppet character, [12]
• Modeling, puppet heads, [62]–65
  • masks, [162]
• Mold, for puppet head, [66]
• Molière, French Dramatist, [68]
• Monk’s costume, [179]
• Movable jaw of Marionette, [69]
• Munich, puppet theater in, [21]
• Muslin head for Burattini, [52]
• Mycenean masks, [149]
• Mystery plays, [12]
• Nun’s costume, [179]
• Odyssey, Marionette plays from, [8]
• Ogotai, Persian Emperor, [5]
• Ornaments for Costume, [192]–193
• Osiris, Egyptian god, [2]
• Painting, Marionette face, hands, [44], [45]
• Painting masks, [165]
• Pantalone, Italian puppet character, [198]
• Pantomime, Art of, [196]–202
• Papa Schmidt, German puppet maker, [21]
• Paper-bag mask, [160]
• Papier-mâché, marionette head, [67], [68]
• Papier-mâché mask, [194]
• Paste, flour, [67]
• Parvati, Indian goddess, [3]
• Persia, Puppets in, [1], [5]
• Period costumes, [169]
• Petrouchka, Ballet of, [125]–127
• Pilgrim costume, [189]
• Ping, City of, [4]
• Plato, [25]
• Plaster of Paris, How to use, [66]
• Plays, Japanese, [7]
• Plays suited, to puppets, [33]
  • to shadow cut-outs, [212]
  • to human shadows, [226], [234]
• Poland, [22]
• Polichinello, [12]
• Powell, Mr., English puppet showman, [19]
• Presenting a play, [135]
• Properties for:
  • Marionette plays, [101]–111
  • Mask, [194]–195
• Property man, [135]
• Prompter, [136]
• Proscenium, [99]
• Pulcinella, French puppet character, [198]
• Punch, English puppet character, [20]
• Reader, shadow play, [223], [231], [232]
• Rehearsals of:
  • Marionette play, [118]–134
  • Shadow play, [231], [232]
• Religious plays, Marionettes in, [10]
  • Shadow plays, [234]–236
• Research, properties, [102]–105
• Richard, the Lion-Hearted, [180]
• Rome, [1], [8]
• Roman costumes, [179]
• Roman masks, [149]
• Rousseau, [28]
• Russia, [21]
• Saladin, [27]
• Sand, George, [27]
• Sand, Maurice, [27]
• Sarg, Tony, [23]
• Savonarola, [11]
• Scale, Importance of, [58]
• Scaramuccia, Italian puppet character, [12]
• Scenery:
  • Castles in Men of Iron, [84]
  • Requirements and planning of, [85]–93
  • Materials for, [92]
  • Color mixing for, [94]
  • Brushes for painting, [96]
• Scenery, shadow play, [222], [229]
• Screen, for Human Shadows, [226]
• Searle, Mr. Mathew, [23]
• Seventeenth century costume, [188]–189
• Shadows, [3], [205], [237]
• Shadow superstitions:
  • Nyas, [205]
  • Wetar, [206]
  • Ollowa Indians, [206]
  • Malay, [206]
  • India, [206]
  • Africa, [206]
  • S. E. Europe, [206]–207
• Shadow figures, construction of, [218]–221
• Shadow figures, manipulation of, [223]
• Shakespeare, [27]
• Siam, [3]
• Siamese masks, [148]
• Simmonds, Mr. William, [21]
• Singhalese masks, [148]
• Siva, Indian God, [3]
• Sixteenth-century costume, [186]–187
• Smoke, how to make, [109]–110
• Socrates, [25]
• Spain, [18]
• Stage picture, [130]–131
• Stages:
  • Egyptian puppet stage, [2]
  • Wooden stages, [10]
  • Marionette stages, [47]–51
• Standards for shadow play, [216]
• Stanislavsky, Constantin, [30], [31]
• Staples, for Marionette construction, [61]
• Statues, articulated, [1], [2]
• Stevenson, Robert Louis, [225]
• Stocking Marionettes, [60], [61]
• Strings, [1], [59], [79], [80]
• Syracuse, [7]
• Taillefer, [14], [197]
• Teschner, Richard, [21]
• The Indian and the Oki as a shadow play, [226]–233
• Thespis, [149]
• Thirteenth-century costume, [184]
• Tombs, Egyptian, [1]
• Torriani, Giovanni, constructor of wonderful puppets, [18]
• Training puppeteers:
  • Choosing puppeteers, [120]
  • Manipulating, [122]–127
  • Voice, [133]–134, [223]
  • Stage picture, [130]–131
• Traveling Musicians of Bremen as a shadow play, [217]–220
• Trent, Council of, [11]
• Turkey, [3]
• Twelfth century costume, [182]
• Value and Intensity, in relation to scene painting, [95]
• Venice, [12], [13]
• Virgil, [149]
• Voice, how to use it in puppet plays, [133], [134]
• Voltaire, [27]
• Wearing costumes, the art of, [193]
• Wood:
  • figures, [10]
  • masks, [144]
• Wooden head for Burattini, [53]–54
• Yen Sze, Chinese Showman, [4]
• Zuni Indian Masks, [146]

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