File puptcrit/puptcrit.1002, message 107


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>
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>
>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>
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>
>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
>
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