Hyperlinks Toy Theatre/Paper Theatre

Have lots of fun viewing, reading and listening. Applause!

See also: Phoenix Papieren Theater (Utrecht). Hyperlinks/concept: Ab Vissers ©.
Contact: info@papierentheater.nl

Canada
School of English and Theatre Studies. University of Guelph, Ontario.
http://www.canadianshakespeares.ca/multimedia/video/m_v_pyramus.cfm

Denmark
Lodskovens Miniscene from Ferritslev, Ove Johansen.
http://www.modelteater.dk/

Svalegangens Dukketeater from Århus, Per Brink Abrahamsen.

http://www.svalegangensdukketeater.dk/

Bentes Papirteater from Risskov, Bente Olesen.

http://www.bentespapirteater.dk/

England
Robert Poulter’s New Model Theatre from Ramsgate Kent.
http://newmodeltheatre.co.uk/
Theatre de Salon, a UK registered charity who designs and Theatre
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http://lucyfabre.tripod.com/toytheatrerevisited/

Davy and Kristin McGuire.

Very gifted designers, be sure to see ‘The Icebook’. Is this Toy Theatre? Who cares?
It is something marvellous and completely new.
http://vimeo.com/davyandkristinmcguire
More on: http://www.theicebook.com/The_Icebook.html
ns and performs plays here and abroad.Theatre de abroad.
France
Compagnie Garin Trousseboeuf from Savenay, Patrick Conan.
http://www.garin-trousseboeuf.com/

Crafty In Motion, Marc Edelmann.

http://www.craftyinmotion.com/crafty/home.htm

Volpinex, Fred Ladoué from Montpellier.

http://www.volpinex.com/index.html

Germany
Theater Invisius from Berlin, Dorett und Rüdiger Koch.
http://www.invisius.de/

Papiertheater Berlin, Regine Mahler.

http://www.papiertheater.de/

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Römers Privattheater from Wildeshausen, Motoko, Horst, Bärbel und Maria Römer.
http://www.roemer-wildeshausen.homepage.t-online.de/

Kölner Kästchentreffen.
A group of Toy Theatre performers from Köln, each with their own theatre.
http://www.kölner-kästchentreffen.de/

Frank Mindermann from Odernheim am Glan.

http://www.lamiak-papiertheater.de/index.html

Das Papiertheater, Johannes Volkmann from Nürnberg.

www.dasPapiertheater.de

Haases Papiertheater unter’m Dach, Martin + Sieglinde Haase from Remscheid.

http://www.haases-papiertheater.de/

Das Burgtheater from Solingen, Peter Schauerte-Lüke.

http://www.schlossbuch.de/

Pollidor from Preetz, Dirk and Barbara Reimers.

http://www.papiertheater-pollidor.de/

PuK
http://www.badkreuznach.de/sv_bad_kreuznach/Tourismus,%20Kultur,%20Sport/Museen%20i
m%20Rittergut%20Bangert/Museum%20f%C3%BCr%20PuppentheaterKultur%20%28PuK%2
9/

Muenchner Stadtmuseum.
http://www.stadtmuseum-online.de/dauerausstellungen/puppentheater.html

Theaterfigurenmuseum Lübeck.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theaterfigurenmuseum_L%C3%BCbeck

Puppentheatersammlung Dresden.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppentheatersammlung_%28Dresden%29

Holland
Puppetry Museum, Vorchten. Otto van der Mieden (Director-Curator).
http://www.poppenspelmuseumbibliotheek.nl/index.html

The Toy Theatre at Fishmarket from Harderwijk, Harry and Tineke Oudekerk.
www.vischmarktpapierentheater.nl/

Phoenix Papieren Theater from Utrecht, Ab Vissers.

http://www.papierentheater.nl/

The Horus Theatre from Bredevoort, Ina Frikken and Ton Vincent.TVincent cent en Ina Frikken
http://www.horusbredevoort.nl/papieren%20theater.html

Grims Papieren Theater from Deventer, Frits Grimmelikhuizen.

Composer and Toy Theatre performer.
http://www.grimspapierentheater.eu/

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Camera Theatrum from Egmond aan de Hoef, Frits de Nooijer.
Painter and Toy Theatre performer. Website in Dutch and German.
http://www.fritsdenooijer.nl/papieren-theater.html
http://www.fritsdenooijer.blogspot.nl/

Poppentheater Hanneke Kuipers from Blijham, Hanneke and Eildert Kuipers.

Puppet and Toy Theatre performances, museum with a fine private collection of puppets and Toy
Theatres. Closed!
http://www.poppentheater.org/

Literature Puppetry Museum, Vorchten

International literature (300 book titles).
http://www.poppenspelmuseumbibliotheek.nl/HeadWord-Result.Aspx?HeadWordID=28

Documents Puppetry Museum, Vorchten

http://www.poppenspelmuseumbibliotheek.nl/pdf/Doepak03.pdf

http://www.poppenspelmuseumbibliotheek.nl/pdf/Doepak18.pdf

http://www.poppenspelmuseumbibliotheek.nl/pdf/Doepak61.pdf

http://www.poppenspelmuseumbibliotheek.nl/pdf/Doepak133d.pdf

http://www.poppenspelmuseumbibliotheek.nl/pdf/Doepak155a.pdf

http://www.poppenspelmuseumbibliotheek.nl/index.html

http://www.poppenspelmuseumbibliotheek.nl/Poppenkast.html

http://www.poppenspelmuseumbibliotheek.nl/Papier.html

http://www.poppenspelmuseumbibliotheek.nl/Papier2.html

Spain
Puppet Museum. TOPIC, Tolosa.
http://webwpub1.gipuzkoa.net/WAS/CORP/DITPortalTurismoPublicoWEB/GenerarPDF.do?idi
oma=en&codigoFN=D.5.1.12

Switzerland
Papiertheater Rehetobel, Hansueli Zuberbühler.
http://www.papiertheater.ch/

United States
microScope Toy Theater from Southern California. Yulya Dukhovny, creator of microScopeToy
Theater.
http://www.scopetoytheater.com/default.html

Little Blue Moon Theatre from San Francisco Bay, Michael and Valerie Nelson.
http://www.magicalmoonshine.org/bluewelcome.htm

An online memorial to the late Gigi Sandberg.

http://www.bookdoctor.com/gigi.html

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The Cosmic Bicycle Show from New York, Jonathan Edward Cross.
http://www.cosmicbicycle.com/

Collectors
Puppetry Museum, Vorchten NL. Collection Otto van der Mieden.
http://www.poppenspelmuseumbibliotheek.nl/index.html

Teatros de Papel, Collectión Lucia Contreras Flores from Spain.

The collection of Lucia Contreras Flores. Theatres from all over the world,
very well documented. Website in Spanish and English. A marvellous website!
http://www.teatritos.com/

Miniatures in Motion, Arline Smith from Port Hope, Canada.

Automata with music and dancing figures, individually made to order.
Be sure to download, see and hear the Giselle Theatre in motion.
http://www.minisinmo.com/

Collezione Maria Signorelli from Rome, Italy.

The puppetry collection of the late Maria Signorelli in Rome. Some Toy Theatres.
http://www.collezionemariasignorelli.it/inglese_01_inizio.htm

Ohpopup
A blog with an incredible collection of pop-up books. Go to ‘Livre Théâtre’ to see
the toy theatres. French website.
http://ohpopup.canalblog.com/

Museums
Puppetry Museum, Vorchten NL.
http://www.poppenspelmuseumbibliotheek.nl/index.html

Pollock’s Toy Theatre shop and museum in London.

http://www.pollockstoytheatres.com/shop.htm

Pollock’s Toy Museum Trust.

Not a physical shop, not a museum, but what is it?
http://www.pollocksmuseum.co.uk/

J. F. Schreiber – Museum in Esslingen, Germany.

Printers and publishers of the original J.F.S.i.E sheets.
http://www.museen-esslingen.de/index.htm?schreiber/jf.htm

The puppetry museum in Kaufbeuren, Germany.

The collections of the late Alois Raab and Dr. Hans Purschke.
http://www.puppenspielverein.de/html/museum.html

Gripes Modellteatermuseum in Nyköping, Sweden.

The museum with the collection of the late Harald Gripe.
http://www.nykoping.se/Kultur--Fritid/Kultur/Gripes-Modellteatermuseum/

Darmstädter Papiertheatersammlung Walter Röhler in Darmstadt, Germany.

The enormous collection of the late Walter Röhler.
http://www.nbh-darmstadt.de/Papiertheater.htm

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Imagerie Pellerin in Epinal, France.
Founded in 1796 this printing and publishing firm has its own museum on the premises.
http://www.imagerieepinal.com/en/historique.html?PHPSESSID=ea795a71b85fd7c776572cd24
7bf36a6

The Altonaer Museum in Altona, Germany.

A reconstruction of the famous Eidophusikon, originally made by Jacques-Philippe de
Loutherbourg around 1780.
http://www.altonaermuseum.de/altonaer-museum/veranstaltungen/ansicht.html?uniqid=3990

Papiertheater Hanau im Schloß Philipsruhe, in Hanau, Germany.

Exhibitions in a wing of the castle, and regular performances.
http://www.papiertheater.eu/hanau.htm
A panorama of an exhibition on:
http://www.hanau.de/tourismus/bilder/pano/004329/index.html

The Powerhouse Museum in Sidney, Australia.

‘La Pleine Mer’ (The Open Sea) French toy theatre, 1836. Extensive description of this and some
other theatres.
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=20159#ixzz20FcYadcN

Stadtgeschichtliches Museum in Leipzig, Germany. Choose Collections-Object Database, enter

‘Papiertheater’ and you will see 330 objects;with photo’s and a good description. Website also in
English, Objektdatenbank in German only.
http://www.stadtgeschichtliches-museum-leipzig.de/index_en.php

Heimatmuseum Preetz in Preetz, Germany.

The collection of Dirk and Barbara Reimers on permanent display.
http://www.museum-preetz.de/index.html

Festivals
Papiertheatertreffen in Preetz, Germany.
The yearly festival in Preetz, the oldest one (since 1998) in Germany.
http://www.preetzer-papiertheatertreffen.de/

Two-yearly festival in Harderwijk, Holland.

Hosted and organized bij Harry and Tineke Oudekerk.
http://www.papiertheaterfestival.nl/Afsluiting-festival-2011/Splash.html

Rencontres internationales de Teatres de Papier.

Two-yearly International meeting of Toy Theatres in the north of France.
http://www.papiertheater.eu/galerie/epernay09/epernay09.htm

Dr. Kurt Pflüger Papiertheater Festival.

In memory of the collector and writer Dr. Kurt Pflüger.
http://waiblingen.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=11647

Sellers, stores, shops

Puppetry Museum, Vorchten NL.
Webshop and museum.
http://www.poppenspelmuseumbibliotheek.nl/index.html

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Pollidor, webshop in Preetz, Germany.
Webshop run by Dirk Reimers, Toy Theatre performer and for more than 25 years organizer of
the Papiertheatertreffen.
http://www.pollidor.de/

Joseph Hope-Williams’webshop in Wheathampstead, England.

http://www.wheathampstead.net/tinsel/index.shtml

Pollock’s Toy Theatre shop, webshop and museum in London.

http://www.pollockstoytheatres.com/shop.htm

Benjamin Pollock’s toyshop.

Pollock’s shop in Covent Garden the market.
http://www.pollocks-coventgarden.co.uk/

Peter Schauerte-Lüke’s shop and webshop in Solingen, Germany.

http://www.schlossbuch.de/

Fritz Kannik’s webshop.

http://www.kannikskorner.com/toytheater/theater.htm

Hanne Nelander’s shop and webshop in Copenhagen, Denmark.

http://www.priors.dk/

Trevor Griffin’s webshop.

http://www.toytheatre.fsnet.co.uk/index.htm

Dramatis Personae Bookshop in Sheffield Mass. United States.

Online bookshop. Just about anything related to performing arts.
http://www.dramatispersonae.com/

Ray and Joan DaSilva’s online bookshop in Gillingham, England.

A bookshop specialised in puppetry, with some fine Toy theatre items.
http://www.puppetbooks.co.uk/

Blurb.
Nigel Peever’s book on the English Toy Theatre. Printed on demand.
http://www.blurb.com/books/277503

The Toy Theatre Gallery in Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom.

Reprints of English plays, a theatre and some accessories.
http://toytheatregallery.com/index.htm

Wilfried Nold’s bookshop and webshop in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Theatre bookshop with some Toy Theatre.
http://www.puppenundmasken.de/

Das Traumstadtmuseum, Antiquariat & Buchhandlung Fischer.

Bookshop and webshop in Greiz, Germany.
Online shop with a wealth of papercraft and some Toy Theatres.
http://www.pasttimes.de/epages/61896741.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/61896741/Categories

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Lulu.
A year by year catalogue, compiled by Harry Oudekerk, of the theatres and plays published by the
Danish ‘Illustreret Familie-Journal’.
http://www.lulu.com/h_oudekerk01

Oldfux, Sven-Erik Olsen’s shop and webshop in Copenhagen, Denmark.

A shop, a webshop, a regular newsletter, a magazine (called Oldfux of course) you can subscribe
to, toy theatre news, articles about toy theatre, informations from all over the world website in
Danish and English. What more can you want!
http://www.oldfux.dk/

Heike Hausmann’s Kreuzhof-Verlag in Neuried, Germany.

Some charming Toy Theatres designed by Ingrid Eck.
http://www.kreuzhofverlag.de/

English Toy Theatres, the Peever collection.

Over 400 pages of toy theatre sheets from the early 1800’s onwards from Nigel Peever’s
collection. Print on demand.
http://nl.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/277503

Vintage-Reprints.
Facsimiles of original American patent applications. Some Toy Theatres.
http://vintage-reprints.com/catalog/

Toy Theatre.
D.L.Griffin’s webshop in Belper, Derbyshire.
http://www.toytheatre.co.uk/957.html

Erbe Verlag.
A Toy Theatre with decorations, figures and textbooks for several plays. All this on a CD to print
as many copies as you want.
http://www.erbe-verlag.de/Papiertheater.html

Guilds and societies

Forum Papiertheater.
The German Toy Theatre society. Website, online magazine, printed magazine, forum and much
more. German language.
http://www.papiertheater.eu/index.htm

Dansk Modelteaterforening.
The Danish Toy Theatre society. Website, online magazine, printed magazine, downloads, much
more. Danish an English language.
http://www.dansk-modelteater.dk/

The British Puppetry & Model Theatre Guild.

Society for all kinds of puppeteers, special attention to Toy Theatres.
http://www.puppetguild.org.uk/index.html

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Downloads
Puppetry Museum, Vorchten NL.
Making Toy Theatres. Several charming theatres and pictures.
http://www.poppenspelmuseumbibliotheek.nl/pdf/Doepak03.pdf

http://www.poppenspelmuseumbibliotheek.nl/pdf/Doepak18.pdf

http://www.poppenspelmuseumbibliotheek.nl/pdf/Doepak61.pdf

http://www.poppenspelmuseumbibliotheek.nl/pdf/Doepak133d.pdf

http://www.poppenspelmuseumbibliotheek.nl/pdf/Doepak155a.pdf

Making Toy Theatres by Brian Marshall.

Several charming theatres with three complete plays.
http://www.ruislip26.freeserve.co.uk/

The Internet Archive.

Five Pollock texts fom the library of the University of Toronto. Can be downloaded.
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Pollock%27s%20Juvenile%20drama%20AND%20m
ediatype%3Atexts

Tektonten Papercraft.
Five different Toy Theatres and a lot of papercraft.
http://tektonten.blogspot.nl/

Toy Theatre website by Trevor Griffin.

A theatre and a short play; go to ‘Free gifts’.
http://www.toytheatre.fsnet.co.uk/index.htm

The webite of the Victoria and Albert museum.

A theatre, instructions and Cinderella.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/theatre_performance/todoonline/make_toy_theatre/index.html

Paper Matrix by Lene Schepper from Denmark.

A Danish website with a lot of papercraft to download, and a unique Teddy’s Theatre.
http://papermatrix.wordpress.com/theatre/ and also
http://papermatrix.wordpress.com/category/paper-theatre/

Tarot Girl’s blog.

With a reprint of a very rare theatre, originally published by Pellerin in Epinal, France.
‘The boiler of hell’.
http://tarot-girl.blogspot.com.br/2012/02/paper-theatre-dont-shove-youll-all-get.html
and also the temptation of Saint Anthony.
http://tarot-girl.blogspot.nl/2012/01/paper-theatre-give-poor-guy-break.html

Pillipat Agence Eureka.

There are at this moment 1535 downloadable papercraft items. It takes a weekend to browse
them all and the rest of your life to build them.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/taffeta/sets/72157601156433867/

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‘Het Geheugen van Nederland’ (The memory of The Netherlands): 423 Toy Theatre items from
Dutch public collections.
http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?/nl/zoekresultaten/pagina/1/Papieren%20theaters/%28cql.
serverChoice%20all%20Papieren%20%20AND%20theaters%29/
http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?/nl/collecties/komt_dat_zien_poppentheater_in_beeld

The Toymaker by Marilyn Scott-Waters from Costa Mesa, California.

An American website with a lot of papercraft to download and a theatre:
‘The Amazing Adventures of Florimel the Magnificent’.
http://www.thetoymaker.com/

The Powerhouse Museum in Sidney.

Some paper toys and a simplified Schreiber theatre.
http://play.powerhousemuseum.com/makedo/treasure_box.php

Tomlitoo.
Paper toys and a simple Easter theatre.
http://www.tomlitoo.com/mimprime/theatrepaques/

Movies on YouTube and Vimeo

Puppetry Museum, Vorchten NL.
Information about a playlist of 1500 international YouTube films in the field of puppet, folk and
mainstream puppet theatre and related arts.
http://www.poppenspelmuseumbibliotheek.nl/pdf/pamflet133aYouTubeII.pdf

http://www.poppenspelmuseumbibliotheek.nl/pdf/Pamflet133d_YouTube.pdf

‘Het kamertoneel van Baron van Slingelandt’.

A large miniature theatre, ordered by Hieronymus, Baron van Slingelandt in 1781.
The decorations are copies of those in the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam.
Collection: TIN, the Amsterdam Theatre Museum (closed).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-dfWRWIP4M

Opening of an exhibition in the Lanchester Gallery, Coventry University in 2005.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-793966504269065718&q#

Benjamin Pollock, working in his shop somewhere around 1920.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=senXvAJWxgw

The Grand Little Theater of Puppets.

Judith O’Hare presents scenes from Hansel and Gretel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njD8lXxSZyU&NR=1

The Vischmarkt Festival 2007.

The first and only Dutch Toy Theatre Festval in Harderwijk, Holland.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM4GTGvlC_I&feature=related

The Vischmarkt Festival 2009.

The second Dutch Toy Theatre Festval in Harderwijk, Holland.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd8dG-9k1UQ&feature=related

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The Vischmarkt Festival 2011.
The third Dutch Toy Theatre Festval in Harderwijk, Holland.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47noXDqUikQ

‘Jip en Janneke’.
A short instructional movie on how to make a Toy Theatre, based on very poular
Dutch children’s books.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WYjhRlttN4

Per Brink Abrahamsen, Svalegangens Dukketeater, Aarhus, Denmark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFr8KomB6qg&hd=1

Pollock’s Toy Theatre iPad App.

An app to make and play a Toy Theatre on your I-phone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew89ThQeqYE&feature=related

Rencontre internationales de Théâtre de Papier 2011, France.

An impression of the Toy Theatre festival in the north of France; the Champagne region.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-tm6vQUqko&feature=related

How To Make A Toy Theatre - Part One.

A five part course on making a Toy Theatre.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZqJTfkQuZY&feature=related

How To Make A Toy Theatre - Part Two.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDeNHGS3Jco&feature=relmfu

How To Make A Toy Theatre - Part Three.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAN0huqMBac&feature=relmfu

How To Make A Toy Theatre - Part Four.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7K6iMuMIR8&feature=relmfu

How To Make A Toy Theatre - Part Five.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqiIZDCJNJI&feature=relmfu

Victorian Christmas - Make Your Own Victorian Toy Theatre.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPkHD7OkEWk&feature=related

Toy theatre.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6ett9rQvho&feature=related

‘Where the Wild Things Are’ - Maurice Sendak.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7ZjoSJWoyE&feature=related

Papiertheater - Das 3D des 19. Jahrhunderts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pzHgwnoYTg&feature=related

A lecture on ‘Papiertheater’ in German.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=xV8qN_0rd1o&NR=1

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Ulrich Chmel Papiertheater - Im Palast des großen Zauberers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQf2uuGv1Fk&feature=related

‘Alice In Wonderland’. The Royal Ballet in Covent Garden, London.

Especially interesting from 1:40 on. A tapdance in front of a lifesize Pollock Toy Theatre.
The complete ballet is available on DVD. Marvellous production!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCizUBpmjYE&feature=related

‘Man bijt hond’.

Harry and Tineke Oudekerk from Harderwijk on Dutch TV.
http://www.manbijthond.nl/fragmenten/klein-hertenleed

Mansarde à Paris Papiertheatre.

An attic in Paris. Manipulation: Alain Lecucq - Narguess Majd.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeAFq06XcWM

Temporary Toy Theatre Museum.

A rather shaky walk through part of the Temporary Toy Theatre Museum at St. Ann’s
Warehouse in DUMBO Brooklyn.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDVs8DHVjUQ&feature=related

Tophat Toy Theatre David Worobec from San Mateo, Ca. United States.
Performance of ‘Younger Than Springtime’ from ‘South Pacific’.
Not much movement but some nice singing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iiwfUJ5HoXk
Care for ‘Some enchanted Evening’? Here it is, try to ignore the hand!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=bG9dyDcfwio

Sinking Ship Productions.

Vertical Response New Deal for Small Business.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fem_TnPZaD4&feature=related

‘Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves’.

Digital adaptation of an old english Toy Theatre play.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQInZ2ovj-A&feature=related

Nesting by Torry Bend from Durham NC United States.

Torry Bend presents her original toy theater piece, ‘Nesting’.
http://ondemand.duke.edu/video/26215/torry-bend-presents-toy-theate
Also at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ogNjsiPPmM

Theatrical Miniatures.
A 1933 movie of demonstrating his miniature theatre, that took two years to build.
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/theatrical-miniatures

Paper Theatre: ‘Les frères Corses’.

The classical Toy Theatre play ‘The Corsican Brothers’ by the Wrocław Puppet Theatre;
two performers from Poland, spoken in French.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9E66Xc3V_k&feature=related

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Alex Mitchell: Paper Theater Magic.
A quick look behind the scenes of a paper theater created for a music video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfnArI9rze4&feature=related
‘The Dragon And The Bear’. Music Video can be seen on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlquxZkyiY0

Facto Teatro.
Mexican performers, doing ‘Don Chico con alas en el Foro del tejedor’.
Rather poor image quality.
http://vimeo.com/33759571
Rehearsals on:
http://vimeo.com/28436609
This one is much better:
http://vimeo.com/18066626

Bogusteater.
Impression of the 7th International Theatre Festival in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
http://vimeo.com/23456806

Blogs and newsletters

Penny Plain, Twopence Coloured.
http://pennyplain.blogspot.nl/

Yahoo’s group on Toy Theatre.

Lots of information. Joining this group is free.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/toytheatre/

Aufgeschnappt.
Newsletter in German, made by Dietger Droese. Very detailed and informative news about the
German Toy Theatres and much more. There is no website, but a mail to Dietger Droese will put
you on the mailinglist.
mazzelsamson@googlemail.com

Benjamin Pollock’s Toyshop.

Louise Heard’s blog on Pollocks Covent Garden, and Toy Theatres in general. No recent entries.
http://pollocks-coventgarden.blogspot.com/

Papirteater.
Online catalogue of A. Jacobsen, J.F. Schreiber and Jos. Scholz. Excellent Schreiber and
Jos. Scholz catalogues in PDF for downloading.
http://www.papirteater.dk/

Teatro de Papel.
A facebook page from Mexico.
http://www.facebook.com/teatrodepapel

Venetian Red.
The Play’s the Thing: A History of Toy Theater in Three Acts.
http://venetianred.net/2009/06/15/the-plays-the-thing-a-history-of-toy-theater-in-three-acts/

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Various links
Puppeteers UK. Puppets online.
A British website on puppetry in general, with a wealth of information, movies, links and what
not. Interesting for Toy Theatre fans too.
http://www.puppeteersuk.com/

History Today.
Website of the magazine, published in London since 1951.
Article on Toy theatre, but you can only read it if you subscribe to the magazine.
http://www.historytoday.com/MainArticle.aspx?m=19775&amid=19775

‘Het oude Kinderboek’ (The old children’s book).

An article, with some pictures on the still existing publishing firm of Pellerin in Epinal, France.
Text in Dutch.
http://www.hetoudekinderboek.nl/Centsprenten/UitgeversInd/Pellerin.htm

An alphabetical list of paper toys, in Dutch. Look at ‘Flipposcoop’ and ‘Theater en Ombres
Chinoises’.
http://www.hetoudekinderboek.nl/PapierenSpeelgoed/LijstPapierenspeelgoed.htm

Paper Toy Shop made by Angelika Oeckl.

A miniature toyshop, filled to the brim with paper toys, theatres and books.
https://picasaweb.google.com/114197593009230300819/PaperToyShop#5716260441579645650

Flickr.
An amazing collection of photo’s of the Toy Theatre.
http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/toytheatre/Interesting

The Paper Model kiosk by Alexis Xenakis.

Webshop, newsletter, blog, a very nice website, not about Toy Theatres but about crèches, or
paper nativity scenes.
http://www.crechemania.com/php/

Alexis’ blog is here:

http://www.papermodelkiosk.com/php/forum/blog.php?1755-Alexis

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