Often referred to as "The Bible of Hand Puppet Manipulation," and used as the textbook in many college puppetry courses, this renowned book has won national awards from both The American Library Association and The Puppeteers of America.

As described in the Dover catalogue: "This lucid easy-to-follow book teaches beginners how to create a full working range of puppet motions and emotions. Award-winning puppeteers Larry Engler and Carol Fijan provide ingenious finger, wrist and arm exercises and also cover the elements of good puppet theatrical technique: speech, voice use and synchronization; stage deportment and interactions; improvisation, dramatic conflict, role characterization and more.

All details are clearly explained and beautifully illustrated, with specific chapters devoted to the use of props, the construction of simple stages, lighting effects, and much more.

Autographed copies by both authors are also available in both this Dover edition and also the original Taplinger harback and the original Taplinger paperback editions. Please contact us for details.

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