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Glove Puppet

1939 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This glove puppet of Abdallah was made by Paul Hansard for his puppet show Sindbad,1974,

Paul Hansard’s career as a one-man puppeteer began in 1971 when John Wright invited him to give six puppet shows at the Little Angel Marionette Theatre in Islington. The success of these plays started his career as a puppeteer. Paul Hansard had worked with puppets before, and his puppet show Johnny and Flonny, about a rabbit and a little boy who was always getting into scrapes, was shown as a weekly serial on ITV’s Small Time when ITV aired for the first time in 1955.

Over the course of his career as a one-man puppet show between 1971 and 1994 Paul Hansard created 13 shows, gave 3,971 performances and made over 200 puppets


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Carved wood, papier mâché, paint, cotton, felt, muslin and leather.
Brief description
Glove puppet of Abdullah, made by Paul Hansard for his puppet play Sindbad, 1974. Given by Paul Hansard.
Physical description
Glove puppet of Abdullah. Carved head with papier mâché for facial features including puffy cheeks and a long nose, face painted pink with pinker cheeks and nose, brown fur fabric hair, leather hands, a red and yellow pointed hat with bell attached, and a long striped muslin over-tunic over a blue cotton gown, the costume made to cover the puppeteer's wrist and lower arm.
Dimensions
  • 59.5 height: cm
  • Height: 67cm
  • Hand to hand, with arms outstretched width: 27cm
  • Back of head to tip of nose depth: 14cm
  • Hand to hand with arms outstretched width: 25cm
  • 12.5 depth: Back of head to tip of nosecm
Credit line
Given by Paul Hansard
Summary
This glove puppet of Abdallah was made by Paul Hansard for his puppet show Sindbad,1974,

Paul Hansard’s career as a one-man puppeteer began in 1971 when John Wright invited him to give six puppet shows at the Little Angel Marionette Theatre in Islington. The success of these plays started his career as a puppeteer. Paul Hansard had worked with puppets before, and his puppet show Johnny and Flonny, about a rabbit and a little boy who was always getting into scrapes, was shown as a weekly serial on ITV’s Small Time when ITV aired for the first time in 1955.

Over the course of his career as a one-man puppet show between 1971 and 1994 Paul Hansard created 13 shows, gave 3,971 performances and made over 200 puppets
Other number
P.98 - British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild number
Collection
Accession number
S.1162-2011

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Record createdMarch 8, 2012
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