Puppetplays

10 results
A prince with a bicorn hat, a cape and a sword, with a foot on books. He holds his hand to his forehead with a look of distress.

Printed

210 pages

Prinz Hamlet von Dännemark

Ein Marionettenspiel

Johann Friedrich Schink
 | 1799 | Ratzeburg, Germany | German
Literary tones
Satirical, Parodistic, Burlesque
Animations techniques
String marionette
, Glove-puppet
Audience
Not specified

Printed

70 pages

Adele Spitzeder

Marionettenspiel um einen Münchner Finanzskandal im Jahre 1873

Gabriel Gailler
 | Between 1873 and 1891 | Munich, Germany | German
Literary tones
Satirical, Comical
Animations techniques
String marionette
Audience
Not specified
Title page of the play Grey & Co, showing Grey in black, looking serious

Printed

32 pages

Grey & Co

King Edward's unselige Erben

Fritz von Ostini (Friedrich von Ostini, aka Fritz von Ostini)
 | 1917 | Munich, Germany | German
Literary tones
Satirical
Animations techniques
String marionette
Audience
Not specified
Photograph of a shadow theatre show in which two characters can be seen bowing and facing one another, each holding a knife.

Printed

129 pages

Fantastica visione

sopra il taglio e la vendita di carne con cenni alla questione degli attori, dell'arte, del teatro e del mercato generale degli oggetti nel disarmonico presente

| 1973-1988 | Italy | Italian
Literary tones
Tragic, Grotesque, Lyrical
Animations techniques
Actor and puppet
, Glove-puppet
, Shadow theatre
Audience
Not specified

Printed

69 pages

Der glückliche Ritter von Trinitat

Wie wird man Oberdiskutierer

Franz Fühmann
 | 1976 | Märkisch Buchholz, Germany | German
Literary tones
Humorous, Fantasy, Satirical
Animations techniques
String marionette
Audience
Young audiences

Printed

37 pages

Das Spiel von der glücklichen Flucht des Prinzen Schaukelpferd vom Spielzeugland mit der Prinzessin Dana von Gurkistan aus der Burg des bösen Zauberers Khalakuck

Franz Fühmann
 | 1984 | Berlin, Germany | German
Literary tones
Fantasy, Humorous, Satirical
Audience
Young audiences