File puptcrit/puptcrit.0807, message 217


From: John Dudley <john.dudley-AT-telepuppets.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:19:42 +0100
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] The Tempest?


Conrad

In response to your query re staging of The Tempest, I was  
commissioned to present a shortened version of the play at Stratford- 
upon- Avon for the
quatercentenary celebrations in 1964. We played it four times daily in  
a marquee theatre for two weeks. The play was condensed into ten  
characters retaining all the major speeches
and story line by an authority on Shakespeare's works and lasted 45  
minutes. The show was recorded at the Central School of Dramatic Art  
in London.
If you go to website www.puppetarchives.co.uk you can see a backstage  
pictures of myself (young) with the marionettes.  There are a number  
of companies on this site,
I am listed bottom left, click on and the picture is top right.

Regards

John Dudley
The Dudley Marionettes





On 24 Jul 2008, at 04:05, The Independent Eye wrote:

> Friends-
>
> 	For September '09, our ensemble The Independent Eye is
> creating a collaborative production of Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST as a
> theatrical animation involving puppets, masks & digital media.
>
> 	I'm writing to ask if you know of any stagings of the play
> involving puppets in any significant way.  In working with a classic
> it's very useful to me to see where other people have gone with it,
> even when my own vision is vastly different. I'm aware of stagings by
> Underground Railway, Shadowlight, Julie Taymor, and Fred Curchack's
> solo spin-off, and there must be countless others.
>
> 	I'd be hugely grateful for any leads.  Google is indeed a
> resource, but with 37,000 hits on "shakespeare tempest puppets" I'd
> rather rely on human beings.
>
> Peace & joy-
>
> Conrad Bishop
> The Independent Eye, Ltd.
> Sebastopol, CA
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