Home Theatre

(or mini theatre)

As the home theatre became popular, it was not considered art at all. It was just a pass time for children and some adults. But as soon as the artists started their version of the cozy home theatre, it was a true art for the salons. Nevertheless, many children still enjoy their own home theatre.

The home theatre is a large box (one foot high, one foot deep, two feet wide) that is put so, that the box is open to the side of the audience; this side is like a real theatre decorated with curtains. The top of the box is open too, so light can get in, and, more important, the backdrops can be placed. The sides of the box have spaces in them, so the figures can be moved.
These figures are the flat actors of the home theatre. They are usually made of paper or cardboard. The figures can be dressed with small paper clothes; some popular “actors” have many different dresses. The figures are glued onto a small rod, that is a little longer than the box.
The figure on the rod is put onto stage by placing the rod in a track in the box. By moving the rod, the figure moves over the stage. The more tracks, the more figures can act on stage. In which track a rod should be placed is usually explained in the play-manual.
The backdrops are also glued to a rod that is a little longer than the box. The rods hang on the sides of the box.

Of course, everybody can build a home theatre from some paper, rods and a large box. But soon the trade got up on this pass time and offered nice figures to cut out, with ready made backdrops and small books, the play manuals. The cheapest versions did sell well, as did as the more expensive ones. Soon, the elite of Daleth wanted to have more exclusive home theatres and contracted some artists to make it for them. These theatres are worth millia of Skatts, and true collectors items.

(I want to make a downloadable home theatre, but as I have to work for my money this might take a while (i.e. years) to get online. But you may want to make your own in the meantime.)