say . Just whatever you do, don t look into their eyes. Have your say This sounds like a fascinating experiment and I wish it every success.
As one who has been translating and commentating on the traditional Japanese Bunraku puppet theatre for the past twenty or more years, I know for a fact that puppets can move an audience to tears as well as any actor - even foreigners who don't necessarily understand the language. In Japan, the puppet theatre has been presenting serious adult drama for hundreds of years, and each of the main characters is operated by three puppeteers in full view of the audience. It works well, and after a while one can easily forget that the operators are there.
Suspension of disbelief is a very powerful tool! Furthermore, Bunraku is also a musical theatre. The great difference, however, is that the musical recitation is provided by specialists who sit at the side of the stage, while the puppeteers - also highly trained specialists - are left to operate in silence.
Paul Griffith, Harlech, Gwynedd, North Wales Have your say * Your View Please note the maximum number of characters is 1000.
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