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“The characters act for reasons that they can’t control and, as readers, we have to believe in their motivations, their sense of choice and in the reality of their suffering, even though, deep down, we know it’s all just puppetry on the part of the writer.”

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Author:Johnny Rich

“You know, I loved children, I loved drama, I loved music, I loved whimsy, I loved puppetry." - Fred Rogers”

Children Role Model Whimsy Puppetry

Book:The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

Source: The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

“I turned into a puppet with a giant hand inside me. Not a particular hand. Just a hand.”

Agency Manipulation Puppetry

Book:Veronica

Source: Veronica

“Those who earn their living by puppetry must satisfy the public demand, and so are to a large extent compelled to be conservative. As so often in other branches of the performing arts, it is only the amateur who can safely afford to experiment, to explore new forms and techniques, and to run the risk of failure.”

Theater Innovation Puppets Experimentation Amateurs Puppetry

Book:Plays WIthout People: Puppetry and Serious Drama

Source: Plays WIthout People: Puppetry and Serious Drama

“What is your type of Magick ¿ Do you like theatre or puppetry”

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Author:Snow Liber Dionysus

“Perhaps one of the chief distinctions between a Drama for Marionnettes and a Proper Drama is this ... that whereas a Proper Drama has to be vague and roundabout in its movements, a Marionnette Drama had always better be direct and rapid and even obvious ... A Marionnette is not at all clever -- not subtle. He must fit the characte rlike a hand fits a glove, or all is undone. Therefore when we make a character in one of our Dramas we make the Marionnette to fit it. And so it comes about that a Marionnette does not play a number of parts, he plays only one... that is himself.”

Drama Theater Puppets Puppetry Marionettes

Author:Edward Gordon Craig