This article brings an analysis of the history and development of variety and trick puppets in the Czech lands between 1850 and 1950 together with a discussion of the extant artefacts, with a particular focus on the mechanics of these special puppets and their innovations during the Modernist decades in a European context. Variety and trick puppets were also significant components of the traditional marionettists’ productions and complement, and the article also considers the extant ephemera surrounding that tradition of performance.
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This article brings summative information in relation to the Flachs, one of the leading families of traditional Czech folk marionettists. It focuses on the last three generations, from the mid-nineteenth century to the decline of itinerant family marionette troupes in the 1950s. The article also analyses extant puppets made and used by the family and their distinctive carving techniques.
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