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Puppet play   /pˈəpət pleɪ/   Listen
Puppet play

noun
1.
A show in which the actors are puppets.  Synonym: puppet show.






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"Puppet play" Quotes from Famous Books



... later. Goethe constructed his masterpiece largely by its help. English actors travelling abroad had brought back the story to its native land of Germany, and in every town the bands of strolling players sent Marlowe's great conception far and wide. In England also the puppet play was extremely popular. The drama had moved from the church to the market-place, and much of the Elizabethan drama appeared in this quaint form, played by wooden figures upon diminutive boards. To the modern mind nothing could be more incongruous than the idea of a solemn drama forced ...
— Among Famous Books • John Kelman



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