12th Annual Paper Theatre
Festival: It’s the smallest show on Earth!
A full production in a scale
model theater is featured on Sunday afternoon, August 18th at 2:00 p.m. in the
Seuss Room of Geisel Library at UC San Diego.
Paper theatre (also called
toy theatre and tabletop theatre) was a popular Victorian Era educational toy:
families gathered, after hours of cutting & pasting, to bring a play to
life.
An exhibit of Victorian Era replicas and modern takes on paper
theatre is featured all weekend long in the Seuss Room of Geisel Library (Noon
to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 17 and noon to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 18)
with an actual performance at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 18th, 2013 (free and
open to the public.)
For more information, contact Scott Paulson at (858)
822-5758 or spaulson@ucsd.edu
ABOUT PAPER THEATRE:
These colorful
scale model theaters were originally distributed as posters promoting specific
playhouses and its season offerings. Assembly was required: scissors and paste
were a must --and yes, those tools were available in the nineteenth
century.
The paper doll characters in these kits were shown in the
likeness of popular actors of the era and costumed as seen in a specific stage
play. Distinctive architectural elements of the historic playhouses were
meticulously recreated on the paper sheets of these scale-model promotional
kits, including accurate renderings of curtains and multiple miniature backdrops
for set changes.
Scripts, translated into several different languages,
were included in the kits, showing the international popularity of these
toys.
Come to Geisel Library at UC San Diego to learn more!
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