tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post7962279710511804352..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: Don Giovanni on a shoestringGeorge Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-64410290459543567612010-07-11T13:57:31.144+01:002010-07-11T13:57:31.144+01:00There are several puppet shops here in Prague, mos...There are several puppet shops here in Prague, mostly selling a slightly anaemic range of stock types, albeit the range is wide. Nearby though there is a shop whose figures look a little more like beings of some sort. I mean it is as if imagination not repetition had made them. Just two figures - but they are tempting.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-87519625440137432572010-07-11T07:49:38.701+01:002010-07-11T07:49:38.701+01:00I cannot resist. Just saw your puppet entry from ...I cannot resist. Just saw your puppet entry from Prague. In Sicily, a couple of years ago, my daughter and I made a special trip to Palermo just to find the puppets. A performance and then we searched the streets until we found the puppet maker -- we bought a "real" puppet for new grandchild and then I took it all the way to Montana for her. Her mother, Italian, had spent her summers with her own grandparents near Palermo. And I once went to see the Norch puppet theatre (under your reign, George) all by myself. It was me and dozens of children at an afternoon performance. All worth it.Dianenoreply@blogger.com