Among the surprises are two monumental wooden marionettes installed at the beginning of the show.

Paul Peabody, who carves wooden marionettes, will give old-fashioned performances, and Fred Greenspan, a puppeteer, will put on Punch and Judy shows.

Mr. Cashore, an American puppeteer, makes his own wooden marionettes.

He makes his own elaborately dressed wooden marionettes and performs with the aid of a single assistant, Bobbie Wayne.

Paul Peabody will be on hand with his marionette shows, and between performances he will demonstrate how the wooden marionettes are made by hand.

With all the times we've seen or read "Pinocchio," the story of a lovable little wooden marionette who yearns to become a real boy, have we ever given a thought to poor Geppetto?

Jiminy watches as Geppetto finishes work on a wooden marionette whom he names Pinocchio.

He used wooden marionettes set to traditional Russian music.

There are Victorian paper theatres, wooden marionettes and finger puppets, plus antique teddy bears that might be too fragile to play with.

He appears in a chase scene where he hides from his pursuers by disguising himself as a wooden marionette on stage.