Bread and Puppet Theatre

A report on the Bread and Puppet Theatre (New York). The troupe leader Peter Schumann speaks about his political commitment and how he chooses his puppets and music. We see a recording of the play ’A Soldier goes to War’ on waste ground in Nancy during the student theatre festival. Part of the BRT (Belgian radio and television broadcast network) television series ’Medium’.

Original broadcast date: 21/05/1968

Content:
00’00" Leader. 00’07" Titles. 00’15" Presentation by Ludo Bekkers. 02’40" Photomontage of the Bread and Puppet Theatre (New York). 03’45" The troupe leader Peter Schumann speaking about his political commitment and how he chooses his puppets and music. 06’57" Recording of the play A soldier Goes to War on waste ground in Nancy during the student theatre festival. 18’40"
(Source: Jef Cornelis 1964 - 1990, Espace Art Contemporain : Maison de la culture et de la Communication de Saint-Etienne, 1991)