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Burmese Theatre: Some shadow puppet shows

These puppet shows were created and performed by Devon school children. They adapted traditional Jataka tales into a puppet show, composed theme music, and made shadow puppets and a puppet theatre in which to perform. If you would like to hav a go yourself, then follow these activity sheets.

See some shadow puppet plays

  • The Golden Goose- Autoplay (flash file 867k), performed by children from South Brent Primary School and St Peter's RC Primary, Plymouth (2002).

  • The Hawks And Their Friends- Autoplay (flash file 1.9Mb), performed by Year 3 from Newtown Fisrt School, Exeter (2002).

Inspired? Follow these activity sheets and put on your own show.

Shadow Puppet Play
The Hawks And Their Friends

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