puppet theatre throne
Report a Mistake- Date Made Circa 1962
- Event --
- Affiliation English Canadian
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Artist / Maker / Manufacturer
McKay, Dorothy
McKay, Kenneth B. - Object Number 94-1000 a-c
- Place of Origin Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Ontario, Municipality - Hamilton, Township / District - Wentworth, County of
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Recreational artifacts
- Sub-category Public entertainment device
- Department Folklore
- Museum CMH
- Earliest 1957/01/01
- Latest 1963/12/31
- Materials Wood, Masonite, Metal, Textile
- Measurements Height 101.5 cm, Length 38.5 cm, Width 16.5 cm
- Related activity Puppetry
- Caption Character from a theatre production
- Additional Information Sleeping Beauty, 1963
- Caption Props and scenery from a theatre production
- Additional Information Sleeping Beauty, 1963
- Caption Ken and Dorothy McKay
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Additional Information
In addition to performing with their own marionettes, Ken and Dorothy McKay were active in various puppetry organizations, including the Hamilton Marionette Club, the Hamilton Junior Marionette Club, the Southwestern Ontario Puppetry Guild, and the Ontario Puppetry Association. Ken is Past-President of Puppeteers of America, and has served in various capacities with UNIMA-Canada (the Canadian branch of Union Internationale de la Marionette), UNIMA-International, and the Ontario Puppetry Association. He is the author of Puppetry in Canada: An Art to Enchant (1980) and was Curator of the former Puppet Centre in Toronto. Dorothy McKay was the Puppet Centre's first Director. For their contribution to puppetry, both Ken and Dorothy were named Honorary Members of the Ontario Puppetry Association.
Adapted from Figuratively Speaking : Puppetry in Ontario by Ken McKay, copyright 1990. Courtesy of the Ontario Puppetry Association and Ken McKay.