Title from booklet. Created as complementary work to Martin's 2022 artists' book "Madness : reading Hamlet in the time of Covid-19 and other plagues." "Martin, Emily, book artist "Hamlet Stick Puppets, Iowa City: Emily Martin, 2023. One of 6 copies and the last one available for sale. The Hamlet stick puppets are the same as the puppets fixed in the pages of my artist's book Madness: Reading Hamlet in the Time of Covid-19 and Other Plagues, with the additional character Horatio. Here the puppets have been released and given stick supports so they can be played with, performed with, or just admired as a gaggle of interesting costumed characters. Horatio is costumed differently from the other eight, he is more covered up, possibly armored. The others have their soft under-bellies exposed. Horatio is also the only one left alive at the end of the play. The creation of the puppets allowed me to consider each of the characters as individuals with their own motivations and personalities. The puppets and subsequent book were created during the pandemic and the appearance and content were very much shaped by my time in isolation. I struggled to make sense of the project in a world gone crazy. A booklet describing the project with selected lines for each of the characters is included."--Page [1] of booklet. "The Hamlet stick puppets are the same as the puppets fixed in the pages of my artist's book Madness: Reading Hamlet in the Time of Covid-19 and Other Plagues with the additional character Horatio ... Presented here are seven various lines for each character, chosen by me by chance and by whim."--Booklet. "The puppets were printed letterpress with polymer plates from Boxcar Press on University of Iowa Center for the Book Chancery paper and are costumed in papers of wheat straw, sisal, daylily fibers, and abaca paste papers made by Andrea Peterson."--Booklet.
Contents:
Claudius, King of Denmark -- Gertrude, Queen of Denmark -- The Ghost, former King of Denmark, first husband of Gertrude -- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark -- Horatio, friend of Hamlet -- Laertes, son of Polonius, brother of Ophelia -- Ophelia, daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes -- Polonius, Lord Chamberlain, father of Laertes and Ophelia -- Rosencrantz & Gildernstern, coutiers, erstwhile friens of Hamlet.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1391136664
LCCN:
2022657194
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.