Ibn Baṭṭūṭa

The Puppet Theatre of Asia.

Ouvrage

1968

Asie

fr Anglais

fr The Puppet Theatre of Asia.
J. Tilakasiri.
Published by the Department of Cultural Affairs, printed at the Department of Government Printing, Ceylon

Foreword
Preface
I. Origin and spread of the art in Asia
1. Earliest stages
2. Theories bearing on its Origin
3. Inter-connexion between Drama and Puppet Drama
4. Origin of the Shadow Play
5. The Indian Epics and their influence
6. The development of the Shadow Play
7. The marionette and its development
8. The puppeteers ans their role

II. India and Ceylon
India
1. North Indian Puppetry
2. Puppets of South India
3. The Shadow Play
4. Other types of Puppets
4. Recent developments in the Indian Puppet Theatre
Ceylon
1. The beginnings
2. Traditional Puppetry
3. Recent attempts at rehabilitation

III. Indo-China
Burma
1. The origin of marionettery
2. The marionette show
Thailand
1. The shadow play
2. The puppet show
Cambodia
1. The shadow play
Malaya
1. The shadow play
Vietnam
1. The puppet show

IV. Indonesia
1. Types of puppets
2. Puppetry activities
3. A performance of wayang
4. The literary content of wayang
5. The wayang conventions and characterisation of heroes
6. The wayang of Bali
7. The importance of wayang kulit
8. The influence of wayang

V. Japan
1. Traditional puppetry
2. Ningyo shibai and its constituent elements
3. The growth of the puppet theatre
4. Bunraku and its technique
5. Bunraku artistes
6. Modern puppetry
7. The role of television
8. Educational puppetry

VI. The future of the art in Asia
1. Recent developments and trends
2. Puppetry's future role

Illustrations
Bibliography
Index

Ceylan, Sri Lanka

fr 22x24 cm

176

fr Photo couleur

fr Photo Noir et Blanc

fr Couleur

fr Marionnettes, ombres, pantomime