Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:26:36 -0500
From: Steve Abrams <sapuppets-AT-gmail.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Antiquity, puppetry, and Chicago


Rolande
This is fabulous material. Thanks so much for posting it.
Another possible lead for you.

When I was doing my research on puppet collections i stumbled onto the fact
that the Detroit Children's Museum has a collection. (I have not been
there).  I was told that most of it was donated by Helen Reisdorf who worked
closely with McPharlin. There are hundreds of puppets. Some are Pelham and
Steiff and Hazelle and I think they actually loan some of them out. I was
told there are also puppets by McPharlin, Martin Stevens and others.

I would be very curious to get  an updated first hand report on what they
actually have. Could someone get in there and get digital photos? That would
be ideal.
Steve

PS- I nearly mentioned Kungsholm to Dawn. It is possible that some of the
puppet operas done at Kungsholm had a basis in Greek, Roman or Biblical
myths, but I dont know the entire repertoire of Kungsholm

Is Androcles and the Lion  a legit Greek tale? It is a variant of Aesop Lion
and the Mouse
The Tatterman Company in Detroit and then Cleveland, did Androlces -and it
is certainly likely that they performed in Chicago
SA

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 1:07 PM, <puppetpro-AT-aol.com> wrote:

> Dear Dawn,
> So glad you are doing this, and I would love to hear more detail about your
> findings. I have been working on a group of Paul McPharlin marionettes that
> were involved in an exhibit (not a performance) at the Travel and
> Transportation building at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. There were many
> puppet troupes performing at this fair (and others), and McPharlin reviewed
> them in his "Puppetry Yearbooks". Check those Yearbooks out as sources!
> Also, the Kungsholm restaurant had a miniature puppet opera, which had a
> very interesting history.
> Information on the puppets I worked on can be found at:
> http://www.purplerock.org/html/pmhorse.html
> and (the human characters) at:
> http://www.purplerock.org/html/www.purplerock.orgpmcpharlin.html
> Very truly yours,
>
> Rolande Duprey
> Purple Rock Productions
> www.purplerock.org
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dawn Tracey <dawn.tracey-AT-gmail.com>
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
> Sent: Sun, Jan 17, 2010 3:48 pm
> Subject: [Puptcrit] Antiquity, puppetry, and Chicago
>
>
> Hello all!
>
> I am in the process of compiling information about puppet performances
> of antiquity in Chicago.  This may mean many things, including
> - Puppet theatre adaptations of classical texts (i.e.: ancient Greek,
> Roman, or Hebrew/Old Testament)
> - Puppet plays that draw upon Greek or Roman myths as their source
> material, broadly speaking
> - Live actor productions of ancient texts or myths that incorporate
> puppetry
> - Anything else that seems to relate
>
> If anyone knows of relevant productions (from any decade), I would
> love to hear about them!  Thanks very much.
>
> Cheers,
> Dawn
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