Aspects of Puppet Theatre

by Henryk Jurkowski, Penny Francis

Henryk Jurkowski's seminal 1988 text, Aspects of Puppet Theatre, was groundbreaking in its analysis of puppetry as a performing art. This new edition of a classic brings the original text back to life, including four additional essays and a new introduction, edited and translated by leading puppetry scholar Penny Francis.
Henryk Jurkowski's seminal 1988 text, Aspects of Puppet Theatre, was groundbreaking in its analysis of puppetry as a performing art. This new edition of a classic brings the original text back to life, including four additional essays and a new introduction, edited and translated by leading puppetry scholar Penny Francis.

216 pages, Paperback

First published September 29, 1988

About the author

Henryk Jurkowski is a former Professor at the Krakow and Warsaw Superior schools of Theatre. He is Expert Editor of the World Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Theatre and author of History of the European Puppet Theatre, volumes 1 and 2. Throughout his distinguished career he has collected a number of awards, including the Polonia Restituta, one of Poland's highest Orders for services to culture.

Reviews

[Nurul Lina Mohd Nor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hmm.. Ok. The book is matured with anthropologies knowledge, especially on the evolution of puppet. From ritual object to pure performance. But, though the reading has provided important data (that was absent in my other puppet resources), yet there are certain ideas and claims by the author that i cant really approved. Especially on the idea of the non-existent eidetic value of a puppet. I might twist this claim with a point by Steve Tillis, but, this review would be too long. Am lazy to write. Recommended reading, but please dont let this book be your only puppet resources.