Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:35:33 -0500 To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org From: "Arthur H. Poore" <artiepoore-AT-mac.com> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Theory: Talent Comes From AFAR Robert, Submitted for your approval, This is something which is evident, and by the reactions prevailant. a widely held, sad sentiment, which rouses up confus-a-ment We will continue to journey by car, You come hither and I'll come thar That is the traveling showman's par For Talent you see Must Come From AFAR ! Rolande, Submitted for your approval: Shall we trade your photos of the Margo Rose for a copy of the show's videos? On Feb 9, 2010, at 12:00 PM, puptcrit-request-AT-puptcrit.org wrote: > >Message: 1 >Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:03:39 -0500 >From: "Robert Rogers" <robertrogers-AT-robertrogerspuppets.com> >Subject: [Puptcrit] a new play >To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> >Message-ID: <EB89BE33250545BD92C879E966ED8339-AT-roberty0lfrawy> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >Thank you all for your suggestions of new play material. I'm not >sure yet what I'll do, but here is my current thinking & what I was >after in the first place: > >When I was a teenager, I used to watch PBS TV specials in New York >City that featured the Standwell family of puppets. They were known >as The Little Players, and were the creations of Francis Peschka and >W. Gordon Murdock. I must admit that much of what they did went >over my head, but I thought that one day, I might like to have my >own Little Players. > >Well, I recently created a little theater out of part of my workshop >that can seat 25-30 people, and I thought that now the time had >arrived. I also face this dilemma, which others might have >experienced: I rarely work in my home region. I live in a place >that has an opera company, a symphony orchestra, several >professional theaters and community theaters, an art museum, a >children's museum, a zoo, a university and a community college, and >a county library. I've been profiled several times in the local >paper and on both the local PBS tv & radio stations. Yet, I still >have to travel out of town to find any work. > >So I've got it in my head to stage a special performance or short >series in my little theater and invite all the arts administrators >and local movers and shakers in to see it. Still, they might not >come even if they are invited. > >Somehow the notion of The Little Players seemed like a good vehicle. >Who were The Little Players exactly? They were a group of upper >middle class folk who staged salon-type programs consisting of >music, drama, comedy and of course, backstage problems. I remember >the Standwell husband and wife, their maid Elsie Lump and a friend >from France. > >I'll let you know what happens. > >Robert Rogers > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 9 >Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:30:54 -0500 >From: puppetpro-AT-aol.com >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Pyramus & Thisbe >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: <8CC779ADB5EF83E-1404-1361-AT-webmail-stg-d14.sysops.aol.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >The late John Miller had a Paul McPharlin hand puppet in his >collection which was probably a character from Shakespeare's >Midsummers Night's Dream (Pyramus & Thisbe) -- Snug the Joiner. I >uploaded a photo onto PuppetHub: > > >http://www.puppethub.com/photo/albums/mcpharlin-puppets > > >If anyone knows any history about this, please let me know! > >Rolande > _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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