How do marionette puppets work?
A marionette is a type of puppet with strings controlled by a puppeteer called a manipulator from above. [1] Marionettes are operated with the puppeteer hidden or revealed to an audience by using a vertical or horizontal control bar in different forms of theatres or entertainment venues. [2] They have also been used most effectively in films and on television. Puppeteer David Logan states, “Marionettes are seen by many as the most complex form of puppetry perhaps due to the time it takes to make them and to learn how to effectively manipulate them. They are capable of a greater range of movement possibilities than the other forms of puppetry.” [3] Puppeteer David Currell states, “A puppet is not an actor and a puppet theatre is not human theatre in miniature, because when an actor ‘represents’, a puppet ‘is’.” [4] Oscar Wilde wrote about puppetry, “There are many advantages in puppets.
