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French toytheatre
The imagerie Pellerin dominates the scene. In general the printers of toytheatre come from Alsace.
This image represents a proscenium of french origin. the scale means that the english sceneries won't fit.
The museum at Epinal, Vosges, France supplied some photocopies to Theatre de Salon, years ago. In general the
sophistication is almost unbeattable. For characters of french design, see our other website at:
www.bawden.freewebspace.com
| Maurice Sand, Nohant museum. His collection |
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This picture of the Nohant museum has been chosen for its inspirational power. These are puppets but it is possible to
build toytheatre on such a scale.
In general the french are little interested about toytheatre.T hey embraced the magical lantern with too much enthusiasm
and of course the film was born there with Lumiere!
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