10 ...the illusion of a monkey riding on the shoulders of a dwarf was created. The performer was able to walk upright and move his own arms and legs. waist and the weight of the forward part of the seahorse body was carried on a large wheel that was attached to a tongue that was also suspended from the performers waist. The seahorse probably moved between the waves of a sea scene as shown in figure 8.3 The mythological creatures required in some of the productions were created much like four-legged creatures in the much later vaudeville productions. Figure 9 shows how a centaur was created. A musician was costumed as the front half of the creature and another person formed the back half of the creature. A child or small person was able to appear to be riding the centaur. Another variation of the animal-performer costume is shown in figure 10, where the illusion of a monkey riding on the shoulders of a dwarf was created. The performer was able to walk upright and move his own arms and legs. He wore a monkey head and had a costume piece around his waist that included the monkey's legs and the dwarf's head. The monster fountain (fig. 11) could have been used as garden statuary that came to life. Since a performer was inside the costume, he could have moved freely around the stage. It is obvious in the drawing is that the performer operated the water flowing from the monster's mouth into the basin. The technique appears to be very similar to that described by Sabbattini (Hewitt 1958, 145-146) in his Pratica to create the appearance of water flowing in a fountain. The performer would push a loop of blue fabric out of the monster's mouth and pull it back inside the costume through an opening at the bottom of the basin. Thus, the performer could keep the water flowing. Monkey Riding on a Dwarf Tessin-Hårleman Collection, Vol. K1, #30, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm w i n t e r 2011 theatre design & technology 43