Douglas and Hazel Hayward with puppets, Staffordshire County Museum
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 ...
Dance Macabre, The Skeleton Puppet
The skeleton is one of the puppets from the act 'Dance Macabre'. Douglas Hayward made this puppet in his workshop in Abbots Bromley. It is quite complex in its construction. Part of this act requires ...
Demonstrating part of the act "The Further Adventures of Mowgli"
Douglas Hayward and his daughter Nikki, demonstrating part of the act "The Further Adventures of Mowgli". This photograph was taken before the opening of the theatre in Abbots Bromley.
Puppets 'How Hi' and 'So Low'
This photograph shows the puppets 'How Hi' and 'So Low'. These Chinese dancers were part of the Eastern Acts made by Douglas Hayward in his workshop in Abbots Bromley.
The Ice Skater puppet act
The Ice Skater puppet, by Douglas Hayward, has been made without knee joints in order to keep her legs straight while she performs to the music of 'White Christmas'.
The interior of the puppet theatre at Abbots Bromley
Photograph of the interior of the theatre at Abbots Bromley.
The theatre closed down in 1985 it was then converted into a museum, and remained so until 1995 when the collection was moved to the Staffordshire ...
The piano player from 'The Pianist' puppet act
The piano player puppet was made by Douglas Hayward. He performs the tune "Daisy Daisy". Originally the puppet had an extra string attached to his face, allowing him to stick his nose in the air when ...
The Trumpet Player
The Trumpet Player puppet made by Douglas Hayward.
Cat marionette, Walford Puppets
Puppet used by Douglas Hayward in his puppet shows. Made from a kit, this marionette was used by Walford Puppets in their shows. This marionette forms part of the Hayward Puppet Collection, now part of ...
Circus figure marionette
Puppet used by Douglas Hayward in his puppet shows. Maker unknown. This 'extending' marionette forms part of the Hayward Puppet Collection, now part of the Staffordshire County Museum collection.
Cobbler marionette
Marionette used by Douglas Hayward in his puppet shows. Maker unknown. This marionette forms part of the Hayward Puppet Collection, now part of the Staffordshire County Museum collection.
Dancer marionette, Walford Puppets
Puppet used by Douglas Hayward in his puppet shows. Made from a kit, this marionette was used by Walford Puppets in their shows. This marionette forms part of the Hayward Puppet Collection, now part ...
Elderly lady marionette, Walford Puppets
Puppet used by Douglas Hayward in his puppet shows. It originally formed part of Walford Puppets.
This marionette forms part of the Hayward Puppet Collection, now part of the Staffordshire County Museum ...
Jack Frost marionette, by Stavordale Marionettes
Jack Frost, made by Stavordale Marionettes and used by Douglas Hayward in his puppet shows.
Buster (Cecil) and Madge Stavordale took up puppetry as a hobby and turned professional in 1947. The Stavordales ...
Kern Paillard Bolex Camera
Used as a prop in a puppet show, by Douglas Hayward.
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 ...
Monkey glove puppet
A commercially made fur monkey glove puppet used in workshop demonstrations by Douglas Hayward at his Puppet Museum and Theatre, Abbots Bromley.
This puppet forms part of the Hayward Puppet Collection, ...
Abbots Bromley Horn Dancer puppet
This jig puppet of an Abbots Bromley Horn Dancer was made by Ted Beresford in 1990. Tapping the base board makes the figure dance.
Until 1993 it featured in the Hayward Puppet Museum and Theatre in ...