A magyar dinasztikus bábjáték sajátosságai a 19–20. században
Characteristics of Hungarian Dynastic Puppet Theater in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Summary/Abstract: In the territory of historical Hungary, foreign itinerant puppet players appeared in the second half of the 18th century. In the first half of the 19th century, they mostly performed at folk festivals and fairs. In the second half of the century, parallel to the emergence of showman colonies, we find archival records of several puppet players. These documents are usually seasonal play permits, which do not allow us to reconstruct their puppeteering activities. Understanding the practices of the era requires an examination of dynastic puppet theater. In this study, I discuss the characteristics of Hungarian dynastic puppet theater in the 19th and 20th centuries, with a look into the traditions of Czech and Slovak folk puppet players.

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