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Glove Puppet

1991 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This glove puppet of Squintho was made by Paul Hansard in 1991 for his puppet show Androcles and the Lion.

Although 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, 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, leather, and cotton. metal.
Brief description
Glove puppet of Squintho, made by Paul Hansard and used in his puppet play Androcles and the Lion, 1991. Given by Paul Hansard.
Physical description
Glove puppet of Squintho, with leather mitten hands and curly grey woollen hair, dressed in a long, mustard coloured tabard with a bright green cotton under-robe, and maroon braiding around the neck and down the side seams of the tabard. The face is painted with a very pink nose and the blue eyes are cross-eyed. The robe is made to cover the puppeteer's hand and wrist.
Dimensions
  • Height: 60.0cm
  • Hand to hand, with arms outstretched width: 26.0cm
  • Back of head to tip of nose depth: 12.5cm
Credit line
Given by Paul Hansard
Summary
This glove puppet of Squintho was made by Paul Hansard in 1991 for his puppet show Androcles and the Lion.

Although 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, 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
Collection
Accession number
S.1184-2011

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Record createdMarch 14, 2012
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