To: "Puptcrit" <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:21:40 +0000
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Hamburg NY Marionettes


Thanks for the info, Jon. Have you seen the book, "Dancing Dolls?" Do you have seven scripts? 
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From: jon green
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Subject: [Puptcrit] Hamburg NY Marionettes

I to would love information on these puppets as I have several.  This  
is what I know.  The Hamburg Marionette Guild sold marionette kits.   
The figures have heavy heads made from an air dried clay (I believe  
the clay was made by Crayola as The HMG sold the clay separately.  It  
is listed on the price list.)  The bodies are wood.  The hands are  
felt with a wire armature that allows the fingers to be posed.  The  
joints are screw eyes.  The feet are large lead weights, covered with  
felt shoes.  The nature of these weights and joints requires a toe  
string as well as a knee string to keep everything straight.  Their  
gimmick, so to speak, was that their plays were designed for an ever  
increasing number of puppets.  The first play requires one puppet,  
the second two ( including the one from the first play), etc.  In  
that way, one was encouraged to add more puppets with out feeling the  
need to have a cast of thousands.  I believe their audience was  
schools and clubs.  The characters that I know are as follows:

Mammy
Girl
Boy
Elf
Rabbit
Indian
Santa Clause

I have two versions of the scripts.  Unfortunately, I have moved  
recently and the Hamburg marionettes are in storage.  I may be able  
to tell you more when I get them out.  Lastly, to hte best of my  
knowledge, the "Guild" was never actually a guild of a performing  
entity.  It was a commercial venture.

Jon
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