international audience in mind, he turns to one of the most original and colourful art forms that developed in and spread through the Ottoman Empire.
Starting with an overview of theatre traditions in Turkey, Metin And moves on to a thorough investigation of Karagöz, Turkish shadow theatre named after its protagonist: Its origins and development, the techniques involved in making of the figures and props, detailed studies of the stock characters and plots, and the form’s function as p ...