Puppets and toy theatre reading list

Baldwin, Peter. Toy Theatres of the World. London: A Zwemmer Ltd, 1992

Bell, John.Strings, Hands, Shadows: A Modern Puppet History. Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, 2000

Currell, David. The Complete Book of Puppet Theatre, revised edn. London: A & C Black, 1985

Currell, David. Puppets and Puppet Theatre. Ramsbury: Crowood Press, 1999

Dircks, Phyllis T. ed. American Puppetry: Collections, History, and Performance. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2004

Edwards, Glyn. Successful Punch and Judy: A Handbook on the Skills and Traditions of Performing with the UK's National Puppet. Bicester: Da Silva Puppet Books, 2000

Hironaga, Shuzaburo, compiler. Bunraku: A History of Japan's Puppet Theater Together with the Stories of its Plays. Osaka: Bunrakuza Theater, 1959

Hogarth, Ann, and Bussell, Jan, Fanfare For Puppets!, Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1985

Leach, Robert, The Punch & Judy Show: History, Tradition and Meaning, London, Batsford Academic & Educational, 1985

McCormick, John, and Bennie Pratasik. Popular Puppet Theatre in Europe, 1800-1914. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998

McCormick, John. The Victorian Marionette Theatre. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2004

Nelson, Victoria. The Secret Life of Puppets. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2001

Speaight, George. The History of the English Toy Theatre, revised edn. London: Studio Vista, 1969

Speaight, George. The Juvenile Drama: A Union Catalogue. London: Society for Theatre Research, 1999

Veldhuisen-Djajasoebrata, Alit. Shadow Theatre in Java: The Puppets, Performance and Repertoire. Amsterdam: Pepin Press, 1999

Wright, Lyndie. Puppets, A Step-by-step Introduction to Puppetry. London: Franklin Watts, 1988

Wright, Lyndie. Toy Theatre: A Step-by-step Introduction. London: Franklin Watts, 1991