Figures and sceneries made out of cardboard (1935-1978).
TABLEAU A
- The magic bird – Figure made by Sotiris Spatharis (1943)
- Bless and Curse – Figure made by Sotiris Spatharis (1944)
- The haunted mountain – Scenery made by Sotiris Spatharis (1945)
- The Skeleton – Figure made by Sotiris Spatharis (1938)
- The Hell – Scenery made by Sotiris Spatharis (1939)
- The Skeleton – Figure made by Sotiris Spatharis (1941)
- A creature of the Moon – Figure made by Sotiris Spatharis (1946)
- The black bloodthirsty of the East – Figure made by Sotiris Spatharis (1946)
- The blind General Velissarios – Figure made by Sotiris Spatharis (1935)
- The Serpent – Figure made by Sotiris Spatharis (1946)
- The hanged man – Figure made by Sotiris Spatharis (1942)
TABLEAU B
“FOREIGN CONQUERORS”
- The throne – Scenery made by Sotiris Spatharis (1937)
- The body-guard – Figure made by Sotiris Spatharis (1948)
- The eagle, symbol of power – Figure made by Eugenios Spatharis (1943)
- The pasha’s seraglio – Scenery made by Eugenios Spatharis (1974)
TABLEAU C
- A hut in the jungle – scenery made by Sotiris Spatharis (1953)
- The big bottle of a wandering merchant – Scenery made by Sotiris Spatharis (1960)
- The executioner and a dog trying to defend itself – Figures made by Sotiris Spatharis (1935)
- The famous hut of Karagiozis – Figure made by Sotiris Spatharis (1967)
- Little Kollitiris on his bicycle – Figure made by Sotiris Spatharis (1941)
TABLEAU D
Figures of some old well-known Greek shadow players made by Sotiris Spatharis (1948 – 1950) who had watched many of their performances.
- The Karagiozis figure of Giannis Brachalis
- The Karagiozis figure of Mimaros
- The little Kollitiris (1st son of Karagiozis) created by Mimaros
- The Karagiozis figure of Giannis Roulias
- The Karagiozis figure of Memos Christodoulou
- The Karagiozis figure of Thodoros Thodorellos
- The Karagiozis figure of Sotiris Spatharis
- The Karagiozis figure of Giannis Moros
- The Karagiozis figure of Antonis Mollas
- The Karagiozis figure of Kostas Ntamadakis
- The little Kopritis (2nd son of Karagiozis) introduced by Dimitris Manolopoulos
- The Karagiozis of Dimitris Manolopoulos
- The little Mirikogos (3d son of Karagiozis) of Dimitris Manolopoulos
- The Karagiozis of Markos Xanthos
TABLEAU E
The first five artless figures of Giannis Brachalis and some puppets of other famous shadow players made by Sotiris Spatharis (1948 – 1950).
- A lady of the harem – Figure made by Sotiris Spatharis (1948 – 1950)
- The Pasha – Figure made by Sotiris Spatharis (1948 – 1950)
- Velighekas – Figure made by Sotiris Spatharis (1948 – 1950)
- Hadziavatis – Figure made by Sotiris Spatharis (1948 -1950)
- Bey – Figure made by Sotiris Spatharis (1948 – 1950)
- Barba-Giorgos, introduced by Giannis Roulias
- Alexander the Great, introduced by Mimaros
- Sior Dionysius, introduced by Mimaros
- Stavrakas, introduced by Giannis Moros
- Morfonios, introduced by Antonis Mollas
- Solomon the Jew, introduced by Giannis Prevezanos
- Captain Manoussos, the Cretan, introduced by Markos Xanthos
- Peponias, introduced by Antonis Mollas
TABLEAU F
The tragedy of Euripides, (480-406 B.C. Greek tragedian author of “Media”, “Alcestis” …), “Iphigenia at Aulis ” performed in 1978 with a great success by Eugenios Spatharis. (Music: Dimitris Lekkas, Dialogues: Giorgos Pavrianos – Eugenios Spatharis).
- Agamemnon (King of Mycenae and commander of the Greek expedition against Troy )
- Clytemnestra (The wife of Agamemnon)
- Achilles (King of the Myrmidons)
- Menelaus (The brother of Agamemnon – King of Sparta)
- The seer Calchas
- Iphigenia (The daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra)
SHOW-CASE No I
TOOLS AND MATERIALS FOR MAKING THE FIGURES
- The head of a dog made of thin tin (1894 – 1916)
- The design of a figure on the cardboard (1894 -1923)
- The special small chisels used for a designed figure ready to get cut
- Components (clips, clasps and screws) used for joining the parts of the figure
- How a figure can be cut carefully by small chisels
- A human head of a figure made of special celluloid (1923 – 1925)
- Thin coloured cellophane used by the puppeteers on cardboard figures
- The elaboration of calf skin (from 1923)
- The ink used for painting the leather figures
- Some patterns of coloured figures made of skin
- Pattern of figure made of plastic (1953)
SHOW – CASE No II
THE LIGHTING BEHIND THE WHITE SCREEN
- Candles (1800)
- Small oil lamps (up to 1908)
- Acetylene (1908)
- Gas (after 1908)
- Petrol lamps (after 1908)
- Electricity lamps (1918)
- Thin colored cellophane used on the lamps to create different shades
SHOW – CASE No III
SOUND EFFECTS – HINGES
- Bonbons from the play “Karagiozis’ wedding”
- Sheet of tin for the sound of thunder
- Base on which the puppeteers put gunpowder to make sounds
- The small lamp of Karagiozis ship from the play “Karagiozis the Captain”
- Small bell used by the players to start their performance
- The whistles of gymnastics
- Forceps used by the shadow players to make the sound of fencing
- The censer of Karagiozis from the play “Athanasios Diakos”
- Bells used for the sound of a sheep-fold
- Special component made by a piece of cane used for the sound of serpents, mosquitoes e.t.c.
- Fireworks for special sounds and lights used especially in the heroic plays
- The famous Greek “koboloi” of Stavrakas
- The comb: “Karagiozis’ threatening gun”
- Battery lamp used for making shadows on the screen
- Types of hinges
- Piece of newspaper for making the sound of a slap
- Oil tin used for the sound of Karagiozis’ watering can
- Wooden sheet used for gunshots
SHOW – CASES No IV and V
Some of the old Greek popular musical instruments used by the organists during the shows (bouzouki, cymbal, drum, guitar, clarinet…)