Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 12:43:11 -0400 From: David & Mariana Syrotiak <syrotiak-AT-sover.net> Subject: Victorian Puppeteers in America Hi All! I just received a letter from a man in England who asked my help as the Marionette Consultant for tha P of A. While I know a lot about the building of and the Manipulation of Marionettes, I know very little about the History of Marionettists in America before 1920. I'm Posting his letter to see if anyone out there has any info. Please send E-mails to me and I'll forward them to him with the proper credit given to everyone who responds. The letter is as follows: 12th May 1997 Dear David Syrotiak, I have published many articles relating to my research into the history of Victorian marionette companies and would very much like to find out more about the time some of them spent in America. The history of Bullock is now fairly well documented by McPharlin and myself (article in puppetry yearbook II, 1996) but little is known about Thomas Holden's visit to South America in 1887 when he also intended to revisit California. D'Arc's also claimed to have visited Alaska. It would also be interesting to know more about Jewell, Middleton or the Tills. Whilst I have files on over three hundred Victorian marionettists and have carefully documented their time in England it is more difficult for me to find out about their time abroad though I have been greatly helped by Richard Bradshaw in Austrailia and Mrs. Yoriko Iwata in Japan. I have prepared a 10,000 word survey of Victorian marionettists which is to be included in the Puppetry Yearbook III, due for publication next month. I understand that you are Marionette Consultant for Puppeteers of America and hoped that you might be able to provide further information yourself of help me get in touch with marionette historians/collectors who can. I shall of course make full acknowledgement of any information that I recieve in future publications. Yours sincerely, John Phillips Well, anyone out there know anything about this subject? HELLLLP!!! David J. Syrotiak Associate Producer National Marionette Theatre Brattleboro, VT --- Personal replies to: David & Mariana Syrotiak <syrotiak-AT-sover.net> --- List replies to: puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- Admin commands to: majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
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