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TV Puppets From Thunderbirds

Date released

Apr 1966

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

47

NoS ID

327733

Story no

5 / 5

COI synopsis: Behind the scenes of the televised science fiction puppet show ‘Thunderbirds’.

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Hamlet (2005 Video)

Director

Jakub Spalek

Video recording of Jakub Spalek’s 2005 production of Hamlet for the Kaspar Theatre Company, Prague with Petr Lnenicka in the title role. The ‘mousetrap’ scene used puppets.

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Midsummer Night’s Dream (As You Like It) (2012 Video)

Director

Dmitry Krymov

Video recording of Dmitry Krymov’s interpretation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream which incorporates acrobats, an opera singer, 10ft high puppets and a Jack Russell terrier.

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Edo Stage, The: Kabuki and Bunraku (1970 Film)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Film (16mm, 29 minutes)

Explains the elements of Kabuki theatre and shows part of a traditional social satire in which a rich man is ‘brought down a peg’ by a commoner. The Bunruku sequence uses elaborate nearly life-size...

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Measure for Measure (2006 Video)

Director

Aaron Posner

Aaron Posner’s 2006 production of The Merchant of Venice for the Folger Theatre and videotaped for WAPAVA by George Karseboom. The production employed 2/3 life-size puppets; the Duke’s friar disguise was...

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Ruff and Reddy Show, The [30/05/1964] (1964 Television)

Series

Ruff and Reddy Show, The

Director

Dick Schneider

Producer

Bob Cottle

Children’s cartoon series featuring the adventures of Ruff (a cat) and Reddy (a dog). In live-action segments, host Captain Bob Cottle tells stories, draws and sketches and entertains with his puppets. In...

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British International Toy Fair

Date released

23 Feb 1975

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2386

NoS ID

030637

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Toy Fair. DESCRIPTION: Toys are big business, both in this country and as exports, and to keep their customers happy the Toy Trade has to find new and different ideas. Some of the new...

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The British Toy Fair

Date released

Nov 1965

Series name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue no

15

NoS ID

324656

Story no

1 / 5

COI synopsis: Held regularly at Brighton in southern England, the British Toy Fair attracts buyers from all over the world who come to see the vast range of toys on show. It is hard to decide what children...

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Tempest, The (2014 Video)

Director

Ethan McSweeny

Video recording of the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s 2014 production of The Tempest directed by Ethan McSweeny. Geraint Wyn Davies is Prospero. Videotaped for WAPAVA by Lee Roc.

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Heiner Schepers: Puppeteer (1984 Video)

Subject

Drama; German studies

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min.

Heiner Schepers designs and makes his own puppets; he is a painter, graphic designer, craftsman and theatre director. The video gives a brief, historical account of German puppet theatre and discusses...

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