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Bread and Puppet Theatre
Bread and Puppet Theatre. An unconventional performing group without a distinct home, company, or financial plan, the group was founded in 1961 in New York by Peter Schumann whose philosophy is that “theatre is like bread, more like a necessity.” The troupe uses larger‐than‐life puppets and avant‐garde theatre techniques to explore a theme, usually a controversial topic that elicits vocal reactions from the audience. They prefer to perform for free whenever possible, and often the players hand out bread to the patrons, literally illustrating Schumann's ideas. The company was located at Goddard College in Vermont for four years in the early 1970s, but for most of its existence it has toured nationally and internationally. By the late 1970s the group disbanded, but Schumann reorganized members for special events as late as the 1990s. The home base is now back in Vermont where the Bread and Puppet Museum is located.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Bread and Puppet Theatre." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Bread and Puppet Theatre." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-BreadandPuppetTheatre.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Bread and Puppet Theatre." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-BreadandPuppetTheatre.html |
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Bread and Puppet Theatre
Bread and Puppet Theatre, see PUPPET.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Bread and Puppet Theatre." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Bread and Puppet Theatre." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-BreadandPuppetTheatre.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Bread and Puppet Theatre." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-BreadandPuppetTheatre.html |
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