Shadow play

Shadow play which is also known as shadow puppetry is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment which uses flat articulated figures (shadow puppets) to create cut-out figures which are held between a source of light and a translucent screen or scrim. The cut-out shapes of the puppets sometimes include translucent color or other types of detailing. Various effects can be achieved by moving both the puppets and the light source. A talented puppeteer can make the figures appear to walk, dance, fight, nod and laugh.

Shadow play is popular in various cultures; currently there are more than 20 countries known to have shadow show troupes. Shadow play is an old tradition and it has a long history in Southeast Asia; especially in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia. It is also considered as an ancient art in other parts of Asia such as in China, India and Nepal. It is also known in the West from Turkey, Greece to France. It is a popular form of entertainment for both children and adults in many countries around the world.

Shadow Play

Shadow Play may refer to:

  • Shadow play, a technique of using shadows to tell stories
  • Television

  • Shadow Play (PBS documentary), a PBS documentary about the rise and fall of the Suharto regime in Indonesia
  • "Shadow Play" (1961 The Twilight Zone episode), an episode of the original television series The Twilight Zone
  • "Shadow Play" (1986 The Twilight Zone episode), remake of the 1961 episode
  • "Shadow Play" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of the television series Stargate SG-1
  • Shadow Play (film), a 1986 TV movie
  • "Shadow Play" is the episode of Doctor Who Confidential that accompanies "Silence in the Library"
  • "Shadow Play" is a second-season episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"
  • Other

  • Shadow Play (play), a play by Noël Coward
  • "Shadow Play" (Look and Read), the last story of Look and Read
  • Shadow Play, a book by Charles Baxter
  • "Shadowplay" (Joy Division song), a song by Joy Division on their debut album Unknown Pleasures
  • "Shadow Play", a blues rock song written and performed by Rory Gallagher released on his 7th studio album Photo-Finish
  • Shadow Play (horse)

    Shadow Play (foaled 5 June 2005) is a world-record-holding standardbred racehorse. He was sired by The Panderosa, out of Matts Filly, a Matts Scooter mare. The colt was purchased as a yearling for $16,000, and is owned by Dr Ian Moore of Charlottetown, PEI, R G McGroup LTD of Bathurst, NB, and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Serge Savard of Saint-Bruno, Quebec.

    2 Year Old Campaign

    Shadow Play made his racing debut on 21 June 2007 in Charlottetown, PEI. With owner/trainer Dr Ian Moore at the controls, he beat a field of maiden pacers by 4-1/2 lengths.

    Shortly thereafter, Dr Moore shipped the colt to Ontario, where he raced for the remainder of his 2-year-old year. He finished 2nd in 2 legs of the Dream Maker Pacing Series, followed by a 4th in the final.

    The highlight of his year was a 3rd place finish in an elimination of The Metro Pace at Mohawk. Assigned an outside post, Shadow Play never really got into the race despite pacing his own mile in 1:51-3/5.

    He completed his freshman campaign with a mark of 1:57.2 (taken at Mohawk Racetrack) while compiling 3 wins, 3 seconds, and 3 thirds in 13 starts and earning $31,151.

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    Shadow Play

    by: Novembers Doom

    A single movement attracts my attention*
    A quick turn to see it disappear
    My struggle to witness what is real
    Thoughts prey on a realistic view
    Here is where the daylight fade
    Darkness leans on a morbid cain
    Thought's deprived of sterile day
    A haunting by the shadow play
    So very still and silent I lay
    To trace your steps through shadows way
    The shadow represents a time before I knew
    A presence felt, cold and by my side
    I am your captive audience
    Show yourself, and prove I am not mad
    Here is where the daylight fade
    Darkness leans on a morbid cain
    Thought's deprived of sterile day
    A haunting by the shadow play
    So very still and silent I lay
    To trace your steps through shadows way
    I can hear you. I know you are there.
    Your outline against the wall betrays
    Standing in the dark, lurking in my dreams
    I can hear your breathing across the room
    Insignificant within the infinite
    A road I have travelled many of day
    Swallowed by the black in nights sky
    Left to admire the beautiful failure
    Not much will become of me this night
    Not any night when the gallows fill
    Sleep will find the deserts sand
    This crushing fall steals my breath away
    Thought's deprived of sterile day
    A haunting by the shadow play
    So very still and silent I lay




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