Ivor at 13:07, 3 July 2021

2021-07-03T13:07:19Z

Ivor: Created page with "Toy Theatre, also called paper theater and model theater, is a form of miniature theater dating back to the early 19th century in Europe. Toy Theatres were often print..."

2021-07-03T13:05:57Z

Created page with "Toy Theatre, also called paper theater and model theater, is a form of miniature theater dating back to the early 19th century in Europe. Toy Theatres were often print..."

New page

[[Toy Theatre]], also called paper theater and model theater, is a form of miniature theater dating back to the early 19th century in Europe. [[Toy Theatre]]s were often printed on paperboard sheets and sold as kits at the concession stand of an opera house, playhouse, or vaudeville theater.

In May 1947, two East London men, [[Arthur Markson]] and [[H J Henderson]] brought two models of the Victorian-era [[Toy Theatre]] to South Africa and set them up at Selborne Boys' Primary School.

[[Toy Theatre]] was kept alive in Britain by [[Benjamin Pollick]] until circa 1937 but after the Second World War Sir Ralph Richardson and Robert Donat revived interest in it.

The [[Toy Theatre]] stood approximately 40 cm high and came supplied with backdrops, flats, set furniture and cardboard characters dressed for each scene in which they will appear.
A special lighting plant, consisting of floodlights, spotlights and revolving coloured screens, was constructed.

Educational authorities included the [[Toy Theatre]] as standard equipment in art classes, and the [[Sadlers Wells Ballet Company]] adapted it as a means of instruction. Classics and modern plays were especially written for it, including one by [[J. B. Priestly]], the English novelist, playwright and screenwriter.

=Sources=

[[Saturday Post]], May 17, 1947.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Toy+Theatre&rlz=1C1OKWM_enZA885ZA885&oq=Toy+Theatre&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l3.4543j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&dlnr=1&sei=Ml_gYOCoJo2L8gLnmIuACQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Priestley

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:07, 3 July 2021
Line 17:		Line 17:

	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Priestley		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Priestley
		+
		+	== For more information ==
		+
		+
		+	== Return to ==
		+
		+	Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Venues\|South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc ]]
		+
		+	Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
		+
		+	Return to [[Main Page]]

Toy Theatre - Revision history

Ivor at 13:07, 3 July 2021

Ivor: Created page with "Toy Theatre, also called paper theater and model theater, is a form of miniature theater dating back to the early 19th century in Europe. Toy Theatres were often print..."