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Welcome to the online development log for the The Puppeteers, an original comedy by the contemporary commedia dell'arte troupe Zuppa del Giorno. Here you will find lots of research, disjointed rambling and spit-balling, all of which has led to the creation of a show.
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December 7, 2010

Laurent Mourguet

Is an early French puppeteer credited with creating the hand puppet. His work caused the French government to require all shows to be scripted and ban improvisation. This site had a lot of cool information about subversive puppetry.

http://www.rogueruby.com/radpup.html
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  1. Jeff1:13 PM, December 08, 2010

    Love this from the link:

    "The English puppet shows of this time were called motions and were mostly the banished moralities, emphasizing slapstick and bawdy humor and influenced by commedia dell’arte. By the early 17th c. the puppeteers, called 'motion men,' traveled around England along with the tinkers and gypsies."

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  2. Heather3:53 PM, December 10, 2010

    yes, i liked that too. :)

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