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Source: BBC Radio 4 "Afternoon Reading" Wednesday 18 January
Roundup

Puppets Through America 3rd of 5 -- The City of Puppets [15min]

Puppeteer Walter Wilkinson's 1938 account of his adventures in America with his travelling peep-show in the 1930s, read by David Timson and abridged by Roy Apps. 3/5. Wilkinson is amazed by the sophistication of the puppets he is invited to view at the Annual Festival of the Puppeteers of America, in Cincinnati.
Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "Afternoon Reading" Wednesday 18 January