Fairs and Dramas

Year Published: 1958

Creator: KQED San Francisco Bash Kennett Kathleen Rawlings Richard Moore Robert Nissen Lillian Patterson

Format: 16mm

Description: Bash traces the development of drama and entertainment from the medieval days of acrobats at fairs, to the present. She demonstrates use of early puppets and marionettes, speaks of the troubadours and minstrels, and describes the pantomimes of the Harlequin and Columbines. The Lillian Patterson dancers assist in presenting the pictures through dance and acrobatics, and Bash ends the program by taking a very modern merry-go-round ride. Songs are “The Little Marionette” and “Jumping Jack.”

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