[Hamlet stick puppets] [realia]

[Iowa City] : [2023] Emily Martin,

4 items ; 11"

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United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City, -- publication place.

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From dealer's description: "The Hamlet stick puppets are the same as the puppets fixed in the pages of my artist’s book Madness: Reading Hamlet in the Time of Covid-19 and Other Plagues with the additional character Horatio (top left). Here the puppets have been released and given stick supports so they can be played with, performed with, or just admired as a gaggle of interesting costumed characters. Horatio is costumed differently from the other eight, he is more covered up, possibly armored. The others have their soft under-bellies exposed. Horatio is also the only one left alive at the end of the play. The creation of the puppets allowed me to consider each of the characters as individuals with their own motivations and personalities. The puppets and subsequent book were created during the pandemic and the appearance and content were very much shaped by my time in isolation. I struggled to make sense of the project in a world gone crazy. A booklet with selected lines for each of the characters is included. The puppets were printed letterpress with polymer plates from Boxcar Press on University of Iowa Center for the Book Chancery paper and are costumed in papers of wheat straw, sisal, daylily fibers, and abaca paste papers made by Andrea Peterson. The puppets, booklet, and the support sticks are contained in a clamshell box. There are four sets of puppets. All of the Madness projects were funded in part by a grant from the College Book Art Association and I thank them." Ordered from Emily Martin, D9618, 2023-02-06, email quote. Purchase made possible by The Ann Jennalie Cook Acquisitions Fund.

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