Collezione Maria Signorelli, scenari italiani

				Collezione Maria Signorelli

	home			Italian set designs for 19th- and 20th-century Marionette and Puppet Theatres
	contacts Life of Maria Signorelli Puppets of Maria Signorelli The Puppets of Maria Signorelli - i fantocci The fairy tales, nursery rhymes and films Shows with classical and modern texts, films The ballets of Maria Signorelli Podrecca Fund Trieste puppets 19th-20th century Italian rod and glove puppets 18th century Italian marionettes 19th-20th century Italian marionettes 20th century foreign rod and string puppets Eastern and Wayang puppets and marionettes Sicilian, Pugliese and Neapolitan puppets Shadow puppets Masks Toy rod, glove and string puppets Seven trunks of stage properties Italian set designs Paper and card theatres, sets and characters Dolls Italian and foreign literature on the history and techniques of puppet theatre Toy theatres Scripts of puppet and marionette plays Posters of puppet theatre productions and festivals Italian set designs The exhibitions			This section comprises around 150 set designs painted with tempera on paper, some on canvas, relating to the work of as yet unidentified Italian companies The sets for the Marionette Theatre are 2 metres high and 3/4 metres wide, those for the Puppet Theatre 1.50 metres high and 2.50 metres wide. These items are for the most part in a good state of preservation and are of high artistic standard. . pictures