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The History of the English Puppet Theatre by George Speaight - 1990

Name: The History of the English Puppet Theatre
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Author: Speaight, G
ISBN: 9780709039297

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The History of the English Puppet Theatre

by George Speaight

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The History of the English Puppet Theatre by George Speaight (Robert Hale, 2nd edition 1990).

The standard work and originally published in 1955, this second edition being revised and updated.

Hardback in dustwrapper. 366pp including b/w illustrations. Size: 8.75 x 5.75 inches approx. (222mm x 142mm).

Dustwrapper showing light wear to spine ends and corner tips. Spine ends lightly knocked and turned-in. Some light spotting to top edge of page-block.

Overall, some light shelf and handling wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy.

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Book Condition Used
Quantity Available 1
Edition 2nd edition
Binding Hardcover
ISBN 10 0709039298
ISBN 13 9780709039297
Publisher Robert Hale
Date Published 1990
Keywords Theatre, Puppetry, Puppet Theatre

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The History of the English Puppet Theatre

by Speaight, G

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Hardcover

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Robert Hale & Company, London, second edition, 1990. Cloth, 8vo, 22 cm,. 366 pp, ills, plates. The classic work on the English puppet theatre. "What is the origin of Punch and Judy? Have puppet shows always been for children? Did the great Dr Johnson and Samuel Pepys enjoy puppet shows? Why did professional dramatists Samuel Foote and Thomas Dibdin write plays for puppets? Did Gordon Craig really want to abolish human actors and replace them by puppets? Were puppet plays once a rival to the opera for fashionable London society? In the course of twenty years' research, scholar and distinguished puppeteer George Speaight has uncovered the answers to these and many other questions." - from the blurb. Very Good in a dustwrapper which has slight loss at the foot of the spine but is otherwise Very Good.