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Ellen Van Volkenburg

American puppeteer

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contribution to puppetry

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    In puppetry: Styles of puppet theatre

    …revival was largely inspired by Ellen Van Volkenburg at the Chicago Little Theatre with productions that included A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1916. She later directed plays for Tony Sarg, who became the most important influence in American puppetry, with such large-scale marionette plays as Rip Van Winkle, The Rose…

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