“Life on a String: the Yale Puppeteers and the Turnabout Theatre”

 Online Exhibit Offers a View of Early Entertainment History

On display for the first time on the Los Angeles Public Library’s website, the online exhibit “Life on a String: The Yale Puppeteers” provides a digital sneak peek at the history of a performing trio of entertainers – Harry Burnett, Forman Brown and Richard “Roddy” Brandon –  collectively known as the Yale Puppeteers, who were professionally and personally intertwined for nearly six decades.

The Los Angeles Public Library has maintained the Yale Puppeteers collection for more than three decades preserving marionettes, photographs, and a wide array of ephemera including programs, posters, scrapbooks and props.

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