The companion book to Al Stevens's popular "Ventriloquism: Art, Craft, Profession," this book contains a comprehensive collection of scripts that Al wrote over the years for his ventriloquist act and that he has performed in night clubs, private parties, and corporate shows. Many of Al's most popular routines are here including Doodley Squat, Viagra for Dummies, Uncle Sweeter's Ol' Woman, Dexter at School, Aunt Sally the Librarian, Uncle Sweeter Goes to the Doctor, and Juan Comes to the USA. The material ranges from G-rated to a small sampling of R.

Color, decorate, and cut ten funny patterns. Paste them on a paper bag and make amazing puppets Puppet Theatre is one of the oldest traditional art forms. It is powerful, magical and diverse, created by and for the enjoyment of human beings. You can find puppets in almost every culture and used in different context.

Darren Griffin has been a ventriloquist since 1974. Now, after years of experience and thousands of shows, he brings you techniques that are easily mastered. Learn to speak without moving your lips, the different voices that will bring your characters to life, and how to combine your imagination and your voice to create real magic.

2012 Reprint of 1935 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. As engaging today as when it originally appeared, this book has two parts. The first describes the colorful life of two artist-puppeteers and their travels through the famine and revolution torn land, into remote oriental provinces. The second is the practical part. It tells just how the author conceives her plays, and make and works her puppets, whether they be hand-puppets, shadow figures or the special hand and rod combination type she evolved. No other book has gone so deeply into the heart of the artist using puppets. The Efimovs invented an original design of puppets on rods, which enabled them, by way of experiment, to stage scenes from "Macbeth."

Step-by-step instructions for creating puppets, from simple handkerchief varieties to more advanced puppets for performers wanting to expand their cast of characters. Includes scripts for three plays and simple designs for stages and props. Over 60 black-and-white diagrams and illustrations.

Learn Ventriloquism from the ground up as taught by a master: Technique, comedy, performance, equipment, promotion, and show business. "Al Stevens has written this wonderful new textbook on ventriloquism that any student - young or old, beginner or seasoned pro - will find of tremendous value. It covers not only the basics, albeit described in new ways and with delightful new twists, but it also contains advanced techniques and concepts for the serious student. In addition, it reveals deep insight into subjects rarely touched upon in other books on ventriloquism." From the Foreword by Tom Ladshaw

With Instructions For Using And Making The Ventrilo.

This delightful collection of easy-to-make puppets will be a boon to all parents, teachers and entertainers of children. The puppets are based on an ordinary household-size matchbox which enables them to have opening mouths. The pages are designed to photocopy on to A4 card, cut out and colour as fancy takes. With a choice of some sixty different characters there is something for all ages and abilities in these simple but clever constructions. The collection varies widely from a simple flower to the Minotaur, a whale to Henry VIII, octopus to Roman emperor, and a selection of characters which can be topical at different periods of the year - turnip lantern, Easter bunny, scarecrow, Father Christmas etc. The puppets have been designed by Alan and Brenda Stockwell who for over forty years toured primary schools throughout the UK and abroad with their educational puppet show conducting many puppet-making workshops for teachers. Now retired, they are placing their expertise in the hands of future generations. In 2000 Alan Stockwell was awarded an MBE for services to education, a rare honour for a professional puppeteer.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

With Instructions For Using And Making The Ventrilo.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Celebrate all of your favorite holidays with these magical stories, told through enchanting puppet plays. Each will entertain both children and adults as they interact with the puppets, sing, and laugh out loud.

Meet Rudolph, the No-Nose Reindeer. How will he lead Santa's sleigh without his famous nose that lights up the sky? Encounter a lamb delivering eggs while posing as the Easter Bunny, a very sweet witch who doesn't want to scare anyone on Halloween, a Komodo dragon who receives Valentine cards from a secret admirer, Harriet the Hedgehog who doesn't want to stand in for the missing groundhog on Groundhog Day, a scarecrow who tries to save a desperate turkey from becoming dinner on Thanksgiving Day, and goofy animals performing silly acts in a talent contest at the Fourth of July festivities.

Included is a bonus puppet play for any day of the year; a lost, confused lamb in the Australian outback goes on a walkabout to search for his mum, with help from a nurturing kangaroo and a wily dingo. These puppet plays are lots of fun for all ages

About the Author

Shelly Varney-Bock is a children's author, school volunteer, secretary, and mother. Along with writing numerous puppet scripts, she has also performed in hundreds of her own magical plays. Shelly resides in the beautiful desert of Tucson, Arizona, with her husband and their three wild and crazy dogs.

Originally published in the 1930s, this is a comprehensively detailed guide to ventriloquism by a master of the art. The first art relates to the mechanism of ventriloquial voice, and describes the principles on which the art of ventriloquism is based and the correct methods of applying those principles. The second part is devoted to imitations of animals, birds and musical instruments. The third part deals with ventriloquial entertainments with figures. It contains information as to the construction of figures, mechanical appliances for working them, and suitable dialogues between them and the performer. Contents Include: How Do You Do It? Human Vocal Organs Mouth and Teeth, The Nose, Jaw Exercises, Throat and Neck Exercises, Tongue Exercise, Rubbing Head Voice Exercise, Chest Voice, Head To Chest Voice Exercised, Humming and Female Voice, Grunting and the Male Voice The Far-Distant Voice, Pronouncing Words The Ventriloquist Without the Figure, Friends Outside the Window, The Returning Roysterer and the Policeman The Sleeping Child A Distinct Novelty Cow, Donkey, Lion, Dog, Puppy, Pig, Horse, Cock-Crowing, Hen Chuckling, Little Chicks, Parrot Trombone, Cornet, Saxaphone and Basso, Clarinet, Banjo, One-String Fiddle, Harp, Xylophone, Violoncello Fireworks Bluebottle Fly Personality of Your Figures Buying Your Figure Repairs Short Dialogue Smoking and Drinking Performing in a Room For Stage Work Girl Dialogue Dialogue Page and Footman Ventriloquial Sketch Mrs. Brown's Tea Party Instructions For Working the Miniature Ventriloquial Figures Ventdollie Dialogue for Boy and Girl Figures

MARIONETTES MASKS and SHADOWS BY WINIFRED H. JVIILLS 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, DORAN COMPANY, INC. 1928 To Adventurers among Puppets and Plays CONTENTS MARIONETTES I. The Marionette Its Family Tree . II. The Marionette Its Famous Friends III. Choosing Your Play IV. Making Your Stage V. Making Your Marionette VI. Making Your Scenery .... VII. Making Your Properties VIIL Lighting Your Stage .... IX Training Your Puppeteers . X. Presenting Your Play . . i 25 33 47 S 84 1 02 112 VII Contents 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 ., II. Making a Shadow Play . III. Producing Cut-out Shadow Plays IV. Producing Human Shadow Plays Bibliography . . . Index 205 212 215 225 24 265 Vlll ILLUSTRATIONS Tree of the Marionettes .... Frontispiece HALFTONES MARIONETTES FACING PAGE Marionette play, Men of Iron given by ninth year pupils, Fairmount Junior High School, Cleveland, Ohio 18 Scenes from Marionette play, cc 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 ix Illustrations FACING PAGE Scenes from the Marionette play, Men of Iron 98 Marionette Ballet, Tetrouchka .... 114 Upper. Marionettes from The Adventures of Alice. Lower Left. Bear and Trainer from Men of Iron Lower Right. Marionettefrom Tetrouchka. 130 MASKS Masks made by students in Summer School, Cleveland School of Education. 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, 1 50 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 Illustrations FACING PAGE 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, c The Indian and the Old 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 PAGE 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 . 144 XI

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Originally published in the 1940s, the author, a master of his craft, has clearly and concisely explained the making of both hand and string puppets, and also clearly shown how they may be used in appropriate settings. With the idea of giving asistance to the novice, and help to the more advanced student, the book is written in plain and concise language; the diagrams and photographs should explain the intricacies of puppet-making, leaving the individual to fill in the details from his own imagination. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include: Glove Puppets - String Puppets - Puppets with Wire Frame Foundation - Carved Wooden Puppets - Dressing The Puppets - Controls - The Glove Puppet Stage - The Play

Originally published in the 1930s, this is a graded sequence in puppet works, especially designed for use in schools, giving a sound start to school or home circle in puppet work. The art of making simple puppets, stage and scenery, of producing simple puppet plays, is thoroughly examined. The book is extensively illustrated with diagrams and examples. Contents Include STAGE ONE: Why Puppetry The Significance of Puppetry How to Make a Glove Puppet Simple Glove Puppets Various forms of Cut-outs A Puppet Finger in a Plastic Material Puppets from Waste Scenery and Design A Brief History of Puppetry The Puppet Teaches Nemo-A Puppet Play STAGE TWO: The Puppet in Terms of Manipulation, Shape and Movement Jumping-Jack Puppies A Simple Puppet A Simple Jointed Puppet How to Make a Puppet Head Scenery and Design Types of Theatres Ecce Signum A Simple Puppet Play STAGE THREE: How to Begin The Points of a Puppet How to Make A puppet Head How to Make the Arms How to Make the Hands How to Make the Feet and Legs How to Make the Body of the Puppet Controls Storing the Puppet The Stage Parts of a Stage Lighting Proportions of the Human Body The Sacred Flame-A Simple Puppet Play

Originally published in the 1930s, this is a wonderfully detailed guide to marionettes, puppetry and the construction and production of a show. It contains over a hundred diagrams and illustrations detailing all the various designs for puppets and instructions for their construction. All the secrets of the trade are laid in in simple language and instructions, along with clear and detailed diagrams. This is an exhaustive manual for anyone interested in puppetry. Contents Include: By Way of Introduction Puppetry In Foreign Countries The Stage Scenery and Properties Lighting Marionettes in the Making Marionettes Continued Controls and Strings Trick Dolls The Marionette in Action The Glove Puppet Productions Bibliography Materials and Where To Obtain Them Marionettes In London Museums Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Keywords: Making Marionettes Farm Books Puppetry Stage Scenery London Museums Glove Puppet Puppet Productions Marionette Foreign Countries 1900s Puppets 1930s Wonderfully Illustrations Bibliography Dolls Lighting

Absorbing, entertaining guide provides all the information needed to construct puppets and puppet theaters, including valuable advice on making heads, bodies, wigs, and puppet clothing, manipulating the puppet, setting up and furnishing a stage, lighting scenes, and building miniature pieces of furniture. Complete script for "Beauty and the Beast." Over 200 illustrations.