Marionette

A marionette is a type of puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show. They originated from the medieval times in France and can be found in every country in the world. They can be found in box theatres, curtain theatres and black light theatres. Marionettes are considered by many to be very entertaining for both adults and children.

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Puppet - Puppet show - France

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Pinocchio is a particularly famous marionette.

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In the 1960s TV producer Gerry Anderson and his colleagues pioneered a technique combining marionettes with electronic components, typically to control facial features, which they dubbed "supermarionation".

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Gerry Anderson - Electronic - Supermarionation

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The musical The Sound of Music contains a fairly detailed scene involving several marionettes worked on a stage.

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The word "marionette" comes from {{ll|French}}, where it was a diminutive of "Marion", which was a diminutive of "Marie".

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Diminutive

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