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Chicago's Unique Miniature Operas
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Since 1935, Chicago has been the home of a unique form of miniature opera. Here is the story of these three companies and their entrepreneurs determination to create grand opera with puppets operated from below the stage floor. Illustrated with more than twenty historic B&W photographs and over 120 colour portraits of puppets from the three companies.
Author: Luman Coad
Total Pages: 142
ISBN: 978-0-921845-50-8
"...the first comprehensive history of Chicago's unique form of rod-puppet opera...rich in period illustrations and scores of contemporary puppet portraits."
John Bell,
Puppetry International
"...a major contribution to the history of Americ
an puppetry ... with admirable and concise clarity."
Steve Abrams,
Puppetry Journal
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