Date:2004
Description:Douglas Hayward and his wife Hazel operating puppets at the Staffordshire County Museum, Shugborough where Douglas's acts were filmed for the Staffordshire County Museum Archive in 2004. Hazel holds the Skater while Douglas shows the Trumpet Player. Douglas Hayward had already been a touring puppet player from the 1950s when he set up the Marionette Theatre and Puppet Museum at Abbots Bromley in 1975. When the theatre closed in 1993 the collection moved to the Staffordshire County Museum at Shugborough, where Douglas continued to help and advise until his death in December 2011.
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The piano player puppet was made by Douglas Hayward. He performs the tune "Daisy Daisy". Originally ...
The Trumpet Player puppet made by Douglas Hayward.
The Ice Skater puppet, by Douglas Hayward, has been made without knee joints in order to keep her legs ...
The skeleton is one of the puppets from the act 'Dance Macabre'. Douglas Hayward made this puppet in ...
Douglas Hayward and his wife Hazel operating puppets at the Staffordshire County Museum, Shugborough ...
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