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Informationen zum Autor HENRYK JURKOWSKI is Professor of Theatre at Warsaw University, Poland. PENNY FRANCIS was Honorary Fellow of the Central School of Speech and Drama, London, UK, where she was Lecturer in Puppetry. Klappentext Henryk Jurkowski's seminal 1988 text, Aspects of Puppet Theatre, was groundbreaking in its analysis of puppetry as a performing art. This new edition of a classic brings the original text back to life, including four additional essays and a new introduction, edited and translated by leading puppetry scholar Penny Francis. Henryk Jurkowski's seminal 1988 text, Aspects of Puppet Theatre, was groundbreaking in its analysis of puppetry as a performing art. This new edition of a classic brings the original text back to life, including four additional essays and a new introduction, edited and translated by leading puppetry scholar Penny Francis. Zusammenfassung Henryk Jurkowski's seminal 1988 text, Aspects of Puppet Theatre, was groundbreaking in its analysis of puppetry as a performing art. This new edition of a classic brings the original text back to life, including four additional essays and a new introduction, edited and translated by leading puppetry scholar Penny Francis.Henryk Jurkowski's seminal 1988 text, Aspects of Puppet Theatre, was groundbreaking in its analysis of puppetry as a performing art. This new edition of a classic brings the original text back to life, including four additional essays and a new introduction, edited and translated by leading puppetry scholar Penny Francis. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword 1. Literary Views on Puppet Theatre 2. Towards a Theatre of Objects 3. Between Literature and Plastic Art 4. The Language of the Puppet Theatre 5. The Sign Systems of Puppetry 6. Puppets and the Power of the State 7. Eroticism and Puppetry 8. The Human Among Things and Objects 9. Craig and Puppets 10. Among Priests, Deities and Shamans 11. The Acting Puppet as a Figure of Speech Index. ...