The street corner marionettes of Mexico
Subtitle: a history of the puppetry company "Marionetas de la Esquina"
By: by Lucio Epíndola, Lourdes Pérez Gay and Amaranta Leyva ; translated from the Spanish by Ronald D. Burgess ; with a foreword by William H. Beezley
Contributors: Pérez Gay, Lourdes; Leyva, Amaranta, 1973-; Burgess, Ronald D.
Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Lewiston, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780773444942
Subjects: Marionettes; Puppet theater; Puppet theater companies
Description: This is a translation from Spanish of the book titled, Marionetas de la Esquina Tras Bambalinas, which documents Las Marionetas de la Esquina, one of present-day Mexico's longest enduring puppet theater groups. It's the story of a small group's obsession in perfecting an art form, in this case, one especially aimed at entertaining children.