{"product_id":"paul-mcpharlin-and-the-puppet-theater","title":"Paul McPharlin and the Puppet Theater","description":"\u003cp\u003e   Paul McPharlin is one of the 20th century's most important contributors to the art of puppetry. Over a period of nine years he created some 20 productions with marionettes, rod puppets, hand puppets and shadow figures. He was also a prolific writer whose technical, theoretical and historical works contributed significantly to a puppetry revival. His book \u003ci\u003eThe Puppet Theatre in America\u003c\/i\u003e is considered the definitive history of American puppetry. Though shy and aloof, McPharlin was also energetic. He had an ability to bring people together and used this knack to found a national puppetry organization, Puppeteers of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Besides the author's extensive research on McPharlin and puppetry, the book draws on significant contributions from McPharlin's wife, puppeteer and author Marjorie Batchelder McPharlin, who allowed the use of her 18-year correspondence with Paul in the creation of the book. Chapters take the reader through McPharlin's childhood as a loner in Detroit, his maturation and education in New York, and his early, erratic and often unsuccessful attempts at making a living. His puppeteering years, 1929 to 1937, are detailed, as are the later years that saw him first working for the WPA and then being drafted into the army to serve in World War II at age 38. He continued making important contributions to the art of puppetry until a brain tumor took his life at age 45 in 1948.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Appendices present two of McPharlin's plays, \u003ci\u003eThe Barn at Bethlehem: A Christmas Play\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePunch's Circus\u003c\/i\u003e. Another appendix details puppetry imprints, including yearbooks, plays, handbooks, worksheets and books. A fourth lists Paul McPharlin's Puppeteers, members of the Marionette Fellowship of Detroit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54231531323736,"sku":"9780786424337","price":36.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780786424337_dc487018-7d36-4563-a787-b7959a3637fd.jpg?v=1764930632","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/paul-mcpharlin-and-the-puppet-theater","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}