The Tradition of Puppetry in Chinese Performing Arts. This paper examines puppetry as an integral aspect of Chinese drama from the Han dynasty to today. It will be shown how puppetry predated, and possibly even influenced, the production of plays with human actors. There will also be some discussion of theatrical variants on puppetry such as shadow plays. 5.5 pgs. 15 f/c. 4b. Pages: 5.5 Bibliography: 4 source(s) listed Filename: 2383 Chinese Performing Arts.doc Price: 49.22