puppet play
Staged with dolls
Puppet play is a theatrical performance using puppets—figures manipulated by hand, rod, string, or other means.
The term covers everything from children's entertainment to sophisticated art forms like Bunraku.
It also describes children's imaginative play with puppets: The preschool encourages puppet play to develop social skills.
- bunrakuMulti-puppeteer Japanese theater
- wayang kulitIndonesian leather puppet theatre
- folk traditionCommunity customs across generations
- Punch and JudyTraditional British puppet theatre
- marionetteString-controlled theatrical figure
stage · stage curtain · ventriloquist · voice · rod · Jim Henson · set design · dramatic performance · behind the scenes · character development · pantomime · hands · storytelling · audience interaction · children's entertainment · narrative structure · show · improvisation
- kids playplaytime, board games, blocks, card games, make-believe
- playgames, played, toys, players, fun
- pretend playmake believe, pretend, dress-up, dollhouse, dress up
- preschoolpreschool, nursery school, pre-K, pre-k, kindergarten
- baby playpeek-a-boo, peekaboo, pat-a-cake, patty-cake, rattles
- play learninghands-on learning, discovery learning, learning centers, building blocks, playdough
puppet playstage play
Live theatrical work
legitimate theater · repertory theater · cinema · film · opera
puppet playlive performance
Unrecorded staged entertainment
human performance · improvisational theater · method acting · one-man show · stand-up comedy
puppet playgrand opera
Fully sung dramatic spectacle
West End show · stadium concert · epic theater · spectacular · large-scale production
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