History of the English Puppet Theatre.

Author / Editor
Speaight, George.

Title
History of the English Puppet Theatre.

Published
New York: John de Graff, [1955].

Physical Description
350 pp.; illus.

Description
A sweeping survey of puppets, puppeteering, puppet shows, and their cultural legacy in England. Surmises briefly (p. 52) that "popet" (Th 7.701) and "popelote" (MilT 1.3254) may evince knowledge of puppet performance in Chaucerian England, but also admits that the terms may have "meant no more than a doll."

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism
Language and Word Studies
Miller and His Tale
Tale of Sir Thopas