Hun: Thai Doll Puppetry.

Asian Theatre Journal | March 22, 2001| | Copyright

The rod-puppet theatre of Thailand has been revitalized in the last thirty years by the work of artist and puppet maker Chakrabhand Posayakrit. His research into hun has contributed to a resurgence of knowledge and performance of this court-influenced art.

Puppetry is one of the earliest theatre forms in Thailand and has two major variants: the nang (shadow figures) and the hun (doll theatre). Information on the nang has been available in English since the writings of Prince Dhaninivat (1968; 1975) on the large, opaque shadow figures of the court/temple traditions. ...

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