Tagged: Bob Jones

SHIPS CROSSING IN THE NIGHT

Post show inside Stromboli’s wagon chowing down on “Italian” cuisine – i.e. sausage, wine, olives, cheese and garlic – the puppetmaster tallies his take, Pinocchio now sidelined, observing. Furious at finding a slug amongst the gold, the puppeteer has a...

PINOCCHIO STARS IN PUPPET SHOW

Crickets being nocturnal insects, Jiminy has overslept and is late for his first day on the conscience job. Dashing along a street and at the same time – in a mind-boggling feat of animation – pulling on his jacket, tucking...

TESTING THE NEW MARIONETTE

Geppetto now applies the finishing touch to his new marionette: biting his tongue with concentration, he paints a wide cheerful smile across Pinocchio’s face. However, I learned early on when building a puppet “the eyes have it”, as the saying...

SIX MONTHS, NO DICE!

Author of novels, short stories, plays, even an opera, Carlo Lorenzini (1826-1890) was born in Florence, Italy, but moved to Tuscany in order to attend elementary school there in the little town of Collodi. He assumed the town’s name as...