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	[Pennsylvania: Pamphlets and Handbooks] Willow Plate (The): a Guignol (Hand Puppet) Play Based on an Old Chinese Legend with Music and Songs. Script, Stage Business & Lighting Suggestions Access this item. Creator/Author/Corporate Author Pennsylvania. Museum Extension Project Title [Pennsylvania: Pamphlets and Handbooks] Willow Plate (The): a Guignol (Hand Puppet) Play Based on an Old Chinese Legend with Music and Songs. Script, Stage Business & Lighting Suggestions Contributor/s Works Progress Administration Alternative Title Willow Plate (The): a Marionette Play Publisher/Producer [Pittsburgh, PA?]: Works Progress Administration, Museum Extension Project, District 15. Date [193?] Physical description 19 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. Format Soft cover pamphlet Notes Item is part of a collection consisting of educational visual aids created by the Pennsylvania Museum Extension Project. -- Mimeographed paper sheets stapled to silk-screened cardboard front cover and back cover. Abstract/Summary "Hand puppets – with script 2-HP-1 The Willow Plate (An Ancient Oriental Legend) Years ago a designer of tableware used the Chinese Legend now recognized in Blue Willow Ware for his pattern. The play is founded on this familiar plot, in which a Chinese Mandarin arranges his daughter's marriage to a wealthy merchant whom she dislikes. She escapes with her beloved, the Mandarin's secretary; but the rejected suitor plots revenge and causes their death. The fairy queen mother of the Chinese paradise transforms them into white doves, the Chinese symbol of perfect peace and eternal happiness. Weight 7 lbs." – Cf., p. 51. Provenance Pennsylvania Subject Puppet theater. WPA. Legends -- China. Call Number WPAMEP R 398.2 WI
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