Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 22:06:05 -0400
From: "Michael T. Lamason" <puppet-AT-erols.com>
Subject: Re: PUPT: Looking for information


That would be the control. At least that is the term we've always used. I'm
curious if there are other terms out there. I don't recall ever hearing any
other than type such as airplane, T, cross or vertical control. The question I
labor over is what to call the part of the marionette hanging on the strings.
I prefer to call it the doll, but when I use that term around other puppeteers
all *#/% breaks loose like its an insult to the art form. Some people refer to
it as the marionette. That term is the sum of the parts: the control, the
strings and the doll, by my logic. If the strings are cut what is left is a
doll, no? Remove the control rods from a rod puppet, a doll?

This is a question I've pondered for quite a while and would love to come up
with acceptable terminology.

Regards,
Michael, Black Cherry Puppet Theater, Baltimore
http://www.charm.net~bhaas

"Elliman, Kim" wrote:

> I am trying to find out what the crossed sticks that control the marionette
> are called.  Can you help?
>



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