Full of simple explanations and written by a director with over 25 years' experience of writing for, directing and acting in masks, this volume includes an intr

"Well illustrated and clearly written, this handbook offers invaluable information for those getting started in this venerated art form". -- School Library Jour

Behind the mask, Appel notes, the stu­dent is free to create a personality; paradox­ically, because the mask hides the self, it en­ables the student to probe