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Puppetry is a largely, but perhaps not purely a theatrical activity, but this seems the best place to archive it. We were not lucky enough to come accross a puppetry group, but we note it as an activity at several schools. It is an activity that attracts both boys and girls. It has the advantage that it is an activity that can be persued at minimal costs. Plays can be put on with much less effort than a regular dramatic production. The children can exercize their creativity and imagination. They can experiment in a way that is not possible in more structured plasys. And it provides an opprtunity for the younger children to get involved in an active way.
Puppetry is really great. We put on plays every Saturday during hobbies time. Mr Skillicorn takes the hobby and tere is only room for about eight of us. because the ctual puppet theatre is so cramped. On Open Day we put on a modified (very modified) version of Little Red Riding Hood. It was quite good. I worked the wolf. We did the performance about seven times during the afternoon. It got very stuffy and squashed in the little theatre, with all the puppet operators needing space so that their puppets would not get tangled with the others. There are hand puppets and string puppets, and our puppet family is growing (thanks to Adriam Lear for the kind donation of a marionette -- J.A.S.). I don't often use the hand puppets because I preper the string puppets. I particularly like working the golly puppet because it has quite complicated strings and you can make delicate movements with it.
Andrew Robson, Great Walstead Magazine 1987.
