WONDERFUL, BRAND NEW, WOODEN

MARIONETTE

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

A Nice "Old-Fashioned" Wooden Toy from:

THE ORIGINAL TOY COMPANY

 

 

 

 

Here's a very famous little girl who's all  ready to perform her exciting tale at your next show. Her costume is detailed - just delightful really! She's complete with her basket of goodies ...will she make it to Grandma's house without running into you know who??

Marionettes are an ancient form of puppetry and operating a marionette is a wonderful and unique skill to acquire !! Children should be an "interested 5+" to begin - they are the simple 4 string type - best for any of us to begin with.

Little Red stands 14" tall EXCLUDING the strings.(great expression on her hand-painted,carved wooden face!!!)

FYI:Italy is considered by many to be the early home of the marionette thanks to the influence of Roman puppetry. Xenophon and Plutarch refer to them. The Christian church used marionettes to perform morality plays. It is believed that the term marionette emerged around 1600. Comedy sneaked into the plays as time went by and ultimately led to an edict banning puppetry from the church. Puppeteers responded by setting up stages outside cathedrals and became ever more ribald and slapstick. Out of this grew the Italian comedy called commedia dell’arte.. Sometimes Shakespeare's plays were performed using marionettes instead of actors.

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