The Suitcase Theatre, with Three Plays for Puppets (1946, first edition)

C W Blanchard's guide to creating a portable puppet theatre

Author

C W Blanchard, foreword by Doctor E Davies. Illustrated by the author and H W Whanslaw

Publisher

Deveraux Publications, London, 1946

The Suitcase Theatre, with Three Plays for Puppets (1946, first edition)

Printing Details

First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 19 × 12.5cm, 96pp.

A fairly scarce 1940s manual on portable puppetry by C W Blanchard. The book is a practical guide detailing Blanchard's design for a miniature marionette theatre constructed so that the entire stage set-up, lighting, and props fold neatly into a portable suitcase. Three plays for puppets are also including, being The Three Bears, The Adventures of Mr Punch, and Aladdin.

Condition

The book is in good solid condition for age, thought with some light spotted foxing to the prelims. The wrapper has light chipping to the edges but has not been price-clipped.

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