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With nearly 1,168 cues and 140 animation “cuts,” Rahmanian compares the live shadow play to a film, combining puppets, masks and digital animation to tell the story. “It’s basically a live animation.

“Scene of Souls in Hell” (19th century), donkey skin; Shaanxi, China (all images courtesy Museu do Oriente) LISBON — Asian shadow theater is catnip for those with energetic imaginations. Its ...

Many of the puppets were still missing, however, after the theft of a U-haul truck in San Francisco holding props for the critically acclaimed Persian epic “Song of the North.” It was unclear if the ...