Ysenda Maxtone Graham

The puppetry renaissance

But the most enchanting and emotionally engaging kind of puppet of all, the marionette, is still critically endangered

Little Red and Owl in Little Red Riding Hood at the Puppet Barge 
issue 17 December 2022
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