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A Demon puppet from Teatrong Mulat's Papet Pasyon, Philippines

 

China

Glove Puppetry Alive and Well
The Puppet Show (Mu'ouxi)

Chinese Shadow Theater in Germany- (In German -- English translation coming soon)

Costa Rica

Moderno Teatro de Muñecos de Costa Rica
Juan Enrique Acuña

Germany

Online 19th Century German Puppet play manuscripts at Case Western University - includes a Faust Script and hi-resolution photographs of each manuscript page

Chinese Shadow Theater in Germany- (In German -- English translation coming soon)

India

Indian Puppets

Leather Puppets of India - Article and pictures on the rapidly vanishing form of leather puppetry in India.

Indian Puppetry

Indonesia

Balinese Shadow Play
CGI Wayang Kulit

Italy

Background to Sicilian Puppets - L'Opera Dei Pupi
Sicilian Puppet Theatre, Fratelli Pasqualino
- Roma
Traditional Italian Puppets

Japan

Bunraku Puppets
A Brief Introduction to the History of Bunraku by Matthew Johnson
Kabuki for Everyone
Tonda Tradtional Japanese Bunraku Puppets

Malaysia

The Kelantan Malay Shadow Play

Philippines

Teatrong Mulat of the Philippines

Taiwan

Theatre du Petit Miroir's Taiwanese Puppetry Exhibition and History

Turkey

Karagöz and Hacivad

United Kingdom of Great Britain

Polichinella, Polichinelle, Punch
  • Glyn Edwards Punch & Judy Pitch
  • Origins of Punch's Crocodile by Freshwater Pearls Puppetry
  • The Punch Page
  • Punch and Judy on the Web
  • Punch and Judy Scripts from Punch and Judy on the Web
  • The World Wide Friends of Punch and Judy
  • Piccolo Puppet Players - Punch & Judy
  • Professor Martin Bridle's Genuine Punch and Judy
  • Punch and Judy College of Professors
  • Punch and Judy Fellowship
  • Punch 'n Dickens by Freshwater Pearls Puppetry
  • Punch on the Pier
  • Punch as Sex Symbol
  • Recap of the Punch & Judy Faire - Seattle, 1999
  • The Swazzle by Richard Landon
  • The Swazzle from Punch and Judy on the Web
  • Sgt. Stone's Punch and Judy
 • Michael Wray, Punch & Judy Professor - Whitby, North Yorkshire

Vietnam

Destination Vietam: Vietnamese Water Puppets

Vietnamese Water Puppets



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