From: "Robert Rogers" <robertrogers-AT-robertrogerspuppets.com>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:07:45 -0500
Subject: [Puptcrit] what's in a name


I was looking at the website of the Lambert Puppet Theatre and one thing led to another and I came across the work of Viktor Antonov of Russia.  He performs a marionette variety show entitled, "Circus on Strings."  Now, I don't know how someone -whose primary language is Russian - came up with such a title in English (or what he calls it in Russian), but I've been performing a similar show for at least 15 years entitled, "Circus on a String," and I find the similarity to be a suspicious coincidence.  But who knows?  It's a big world.  Maybe I'm paranoid.

On the other hand, "Circus on Strings" strikes me as being merely descriptive, while "Circus on a String" is meant to project an attitude.

Ah, the life of a temperamental artist!  I think I'll go learn Russian!

Robert Rogers

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