,"Most types of puppet in use today fall into four broad categories - hand or glove puppets, rod puppets, marionettes and shadow puppets - but there is a variety of combinations. Among these are glove-rod, hand-rod, rod-hand and rod-marionette puppets. There is also a wide range of other related techniques, from masks to finger puppets, from toy theatre to animated puppet film."
"The glove puppet is used like a glove on the operator's hand; the term 'hand puppet' is sometimes used synonymously but here it describes figures where the whole hand is inserted into the puppet's head... These puppets those limited in gesture to the movement of one's hand, are ideal for QUICK, ROBUST ACTION and can be MOST EXPRESSIVE. The live hand inside the puppet gives it a unique FLEXIBILITY OF PHYSIQUE."
"The rod puppet is held and moved by rods, usually from below but sometimes from above; those in the Japanese Bunraku style require two or three operators, who hold the puppet in front of them. rod puppets vary in complexity,... their range of SWIFT AND SUBTLE MOVEMENTS enables them to deliver anything from sketches to large dramatic pieces."
"The marionette is a puppet on strings, suspended from a control held by the puppeteer. It is VERSATILE and can be simple or complex in both contrustion and control. Performances can be GRACEFUL and CHARMING, and FAST and FORCEFUL action is generally AVOIDED."
"Shadow puppets are normally flat cut-out figures held against a translucent, illuminated screen. The term is also... Shadow puppets are ideally suited to the illustration of a NARRATED STORY, but they can also handle DIRECT DIALOGUE and VIGOROUS KNOCK-ABOUT action."
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