Magical fish shadow puppet designed by Julia Lee-Delisle for Wang-Su the Doctor, Polka Theatre, 1979
Shadow Puppet
1979 (made)
1979 (made)
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Shadow puppetry is an ancient form of theatre in which silhouette forms are projected on a screen by puppeteers sitting behind, manipulating flat puppets mounted on sticks. Traditional Chinese shadow puppets were made of pierced leather to which semi-transparent colours were applied. The puppets for this production, Wang-Su the Doctor, were made of paper, with coloured acetone sheet providing coloured details.
The figures for Wang-Su the Doctorwere copied by Julia Lee-Delisle from original Chinese images that she found in a book. The production was one of many imaginative children's puppet productions mounted by Richard Gill, artistic director and founder of the Polka Theatre that he started as a touring puppet theatre in 1967. On 20th Novemver 1979 the Polka Theatre was opened by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Monther in the former Holy Trinity Halls in Wimbledon, as the UK's first theatre exclusively for children.
The figures for Wang-Su the Doctorwere copied by Julia Lee-Delisle from original Chinese images that she found in a book. The production was one of many imaginative children's puppet productions mounted by Richard Gill, artistic director and founder of the Polka Theatre that he started as a touring puppet theatre in 1967. On 20th Novemver 1979 the Polka Theatre was opened by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Monther in the former Holy Trinity Halls in Wimbledon, as the UK's first theatre exclusively for children.
Object details
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| Title | Magical fish shadow puppet designed by Julia Lee-Delisle for <i>Wang-Su the Doctor,</i> Polka Theatre, 1979 (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Cut and decorated card |
| Brief description | Magical fish shadow puppet designed by Julia Lee-Delisle for the Polka Theatre's production Wang-Su the Doctor,1979 |
| Physical description | Shadow puppet of a magical fish from Richard Gill's production of Wang-Su the Doctor at the Polka Theatre. The puppet is made of black cut card, mounted on a clear acrylic sheet. It would have been mounted on sticks and is detailed with green acrylic for scales and tail. |
| Content description | The figures for Wang-Su the Doctor were copied by Julia Lee-Delisle from the original Chinese which she found in a book. |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Julia Lee-Delisle' |
| Credit line | Lanchester Collection |
| Summary | Shadow puppetry is an ancient form of theatre in which silhouette forms are projected on a screen by puppeteers sitting behind, manipulating flat puppets mounted on sticks. Traditional Chinese shadow puppets were made of pierced leather to which semi-transparent colours were applied. The puppets for this production, Wang-Su the Doctor, were made of paper, with coloured acetone sheet providing coloured details. The figures for Wang-Su the Doctorwere copied by Julia Lee-Delisle from original Chinese images that she found in a book. The production was one of many imaginative children's puppet productions mounted by Richard Gill, artistic director and founder of the Polka Theatre that he started as a touring puppet theatre in 1967. On 20th Novemver 1979 the Polka Theatre was opened by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Monther in the former Holy Trinity Halls in Wimbledon, as the UK's first theatre exclusively for children. |
| Associated object | S.1017-2011 (Object) |
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| Accession number | S. 178-2021 |
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| Record created | March 16, 2021 |
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