MARIONETTES MASKS AND SHADOWS [Illustration: T_his is the_ T_ree of the_ M_arionettes_] [Illustration] MARIONETTES MASKS _and_ SHADOWS BY WINIFRED H. MILLS _Head of Art Department, Fairmount Junior High Training School, Cleveland, Ohio_ & LOUISE M. DUNN _Assistant Curator of Education, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio_ Illustrated by CORYDON BELL Garden City, New York DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO. 1927 COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y. FIRST EDITION _To Adventurers among Puppets and Plays_ [Illustration: [Marionette]] CONTENTS MARIONETTES PAGE I. The Marionette—Its Family Tree 1 II. The Marionette—Its Famous Friends 25 III. Choosing Your Play 33 IV. Making Your Stage 47 V. Making Your Marionette 52 VI. Making Your Scenery 84 VII. Making Your Properties 102 VIII. Lighting Your Stage 112 IX. Training Your Puppeteers 119 X. Presenting Your Play 135 MASKS I. The Map of the Mask 143 II. Occasions for Wearing the Mask 152 III. Making the Mask 160 IV. The Costume and Setting for the Mask 168 V. The Mask with Pantomime, Music, and Dance 196 SHADOWS I. The Mystery of the Shadow 205 II. Making a Shadow Play 212 III. Producing Cut-out Shadow Plays 215 IV. Producing Human Shadow Plays 225 Bibliography 241 Index 265 [Illustration: [Marionette]] [Illustration: [Shadows]] ILLUSTRATIONS