We hope you find our site both entertaining and educational. However, the design work as seen in these images is the property of the designers who created the puppets and the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry. Reproduction of any the design work shown is illegal without the express written permission of the museum and the designers involved. Marionette stages are of many types, simple and complex. If it were possible, I should have every one start with an outdoor theater, There is nothing more delightful, and it is quite easy of achievement.
Every puppet theater needs a garden scene, street scene, wood scene, and interior sets.
Hints on making these will be given in a following article. It consists of the frame, proscenium, back, back drop, two wings, and a bridge formed of two soap or apple boxes. A plank should be nailed across these to prevent their slipping. This stage is designed to be used on a kitchen or card table, the top of which forms the stage floor. Clamps are needed to hold the front and back upright parts firmly to the table.