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puppet play

NOUN
puppet show
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Her first self-described opus was a collection of poems, “Rhyming Cats,” before she moved on to a morality puppet play featuring a ghost and an “expose of false narratives.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025

World-renowned South African puppeteer Adrian Kohler has realised a 30-year-long ambition to make a novel by Nobel laureate JM Coetzee into a puppet play.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2023

Hamid Rahmanian has created, designed and directed this theatrical version, which is intended to be a shadow puppet play that feels like immersive cinema.

From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2022

It’s a ballet performed by construction cranes and a puppet play for adults only.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2015

The German puppet play of Faust has been transcribed by Dr. Hamm and translated by Mr. Hedderwick into English.

From Among Famous Books by John Kelman


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