One-Person Puppetry Streamlined and Simplified: With 38 Folk-Tale Scripts

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
PART ONE: Tips and Techniques for the Puppeteer 
Chapter 1. Why Perform Puppet Shows? 
 Chapter 2. Creating the Puppets and the Stage
Chapter 3. Showtime: Preparing and Delivering the Performance
 
PART TWO: Puppet Scripts
Scripts Written from Traditional Literature:
Aladdin's Magic Lamp (a retelling of the tale of Aladdin)
A Bit of Magic (a retelling of "The Magic Pot)
The Fisherman's Three Wishes ( a retelling of "The Fisherman and His Wife")
The Foolish Merchant and the Greedy Camel (a retelling of an Arabic Tale)
Fox's Sticky Santa Cake (a retelling of "Nail Soup")
Fox's Sweet Tooth (a retelling of "The Gingerbread Boy")
The Gift of Two Brothers ( a retelling of a Jewish tale)
Goldi Makes A Friend (a retelling of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears")
The Guardian Stone Lion ( a retelling of a Tibetan tale)
Hansel and the Witch ( a retelling of "Hansel and Grethel")
How Rabbit Lost His Tail ( a pourquoi tale)
Jenny and the Beansprouts ( a retelling of "Jack and the Beanstalk")
King Birdsnest ( a retelling of "King Thrushbeard")
King Midaswell and His Gold (a retelling of the King Midas legend)
The Magic Glass ( a retelling of a Japanese tale)
Old Babouscka ( a retelling of the Russian legend)
The Princess and Her Golden Ball (a retelling of "The Princess and the Frog")
The Princess and the Pea Test ( a retelling of "The Princess and the Pea")
A Promise to a Spider (a retelling of "Rumpelstilskin")
Rooster Outfoxes Fox ( a retelling of a folktale)
The Shoemaker and the Elf ( a retelling of "The Shoemaker and the Elves")
Simplyella ( a retelling of "Cinderella")
The Smallest Loaf of Bread (a retelling of a German tale)
Soup Made from a Nail (a retelling of "Nail Soup")
The Stonecutter's Wish ( a retelling of a Japanese tale)
The Sun's Gift to Man (a retelling of a Native American tale)
The Troll's Toll Bridge ( a retelling of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff")
Why Bear Has a Short Tail ( a retelling of a pourquoi tale)
The Wolf and Granny's Lost Glasses (a retelling of "Little Red Riding Hood")
Wolfi and the Three Squealers ( a retelling of "The Three Little Pigs")
The Woman Who Wanted All the Cakes for Herself ( a retelling of a pourquoi 
 tale)
 Zucchini Bread ( a retelling of "The Little Red Hen") 
Adaptations of Aesop's Fables
 
Androcles and the Lion
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse
The Dog and the Wolf
The Fox and the Cat
The Hare and the Tortoise
Appendices:
 A. Songs and Parodies to Use 
 B. Using a Large Puppet to Introduce Puppet Plays--An Example
 C. Using Large Puppets to Tell Jokes and Riddles
 D. Sources of Poetry to Perform with Puppets
 E. Endnotes
 F. Some Good Books and Websites on Puppetry