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- Title
'Belly-Speakers', Machines and Dummies: Puppetry in the Australian Colonies, 1830s-1850s.
- Authors
Anae, Nicole
- Abstract
The article discusses the characteristics and performance styles of early Australian colonial puppetry during the first fifty years of European settlement in Australia. It examines the formal and informal modes of puppetry, which includes self-assembled toy theaters, grand exhibitions of mechanical automata, and roadside glove puppet shows and marionette theaters. The article also presents the two factors influencing the development of colonial puppetry in 19th century Australia.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; PUPPET theaters; PUPPET plays; PUPPETS; PUPPET making; MARIONETTES
- Publication
Australasian Drama Studies, 2007, Issue 51, p36
- ISSN
0810-4123
- Publication type
Article