Puppetry: A World History

- Virtually no competition - most historical overviews are by university presses, are not heavily illustrated, and are not comprehensive; or they're extremely expensive and difficult to find.
- Julie Taymor, Playing with Fire is in its second edition and has sold 12,886 hardcover copies (net - se [...]
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- Virtually no competition - most historical overviews are by university presses, are not heavily illustrated, and are not comprehensive; or they're extremely expensive and difficult to find.
- Julie Taymor, Playing with Fire is in its second edition and has sold 12,886 hardcover copies (net - see below) since its publication in 1995
- Huge success of Sesame Street, the Muppets, films like The Dark Crystal and the Muppet movies, as well as Broadway plays like Avenue Q (which won the 2003 Tony for Best Musical), suggest that puppets are extremely popular across the spectrum of entertainment