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  1. Harlequin Puppet Theatre

    Date released
    26 May 1963
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    439
    NoS ID
    121382
    Story no
    1 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: Chu Chin Chow is the play we see at Britain’s one and only puppet theatre at Rhos-on-Sea in Denbighshire. And the circus strong man. And the disjointed character who has had so much to...

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  2. Hand Puppets (Film)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows Yang Sheng, a master of the traditional Fukein hand puppet theatre, with a variety of his puppets. Shows the manual dexterity required of the puppet operator. The film contains a complete hand puppet...

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  3. Macbeth! (1995 Video)

    Director
    Luk van Meerbeke

    Video recording of the Stuffed Puppet Theatre’s production of Macbeth directed by Luk van Meerbeke. Puppetry designed by Neville Tranter.

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  4. 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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  5. Puppets

    Date released
    1976
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    905
    NoS ID
    329146
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Puppets are part of an ancient theatre tradition stretching back more than 1,000 years. Gail Spiro meets a unique collection of puppets from London’s Puppet Centre Trust, and looks at the...

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  6. Puppets

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    Date released
    Jun 1973
    Series name
    Roundabout
    Issue no
    133
    NoS ID
    328154
    Story no
    5 / 5

    COI synopsis: The Harlequin Puppet Theatre, with puppet master Eric Bramall.

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  7. Bunraku (1966 Film)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Covers all aspects of the Japanese puppet theatre from the making of the dolls to the training of the manipulators.

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  8. Mechanical Miniatures

    Date released
    25 Dec 1930
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    499
    NoS ID
    332610
    Story no
    2 / 6

    NoS synopsis: "Just puppets, but with all the skill of controlled fingers". Two puppets on strings are made to fence - one wears a skirt or kilt, the other a suit of armour. They are framed within a little...

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  9. Seeker, The: A Puppet Cartoon Film (1975 Film)

    Director
    Ernst Reinboth
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Puppet animation of three texts by Samuel Beckett which are set to music by the composer György Ligeti.

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  10. Act Without Words (1983 Video)

    Director
    Margaret Jordan
    Producer
    Robin Browne
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 17 min., 1995 sale: £50.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Film version of Beckett’s puppet play ‘Act without Words’. ‘A puppet finds a palm tree and sits in the shade, but the tree closes its fronds, leaving him in the hot sun. There is a carafe of water,...

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