Martin Stevens “The Toymaker”

Martin Stevens

“The Toymaker”

Once there was a Toymaker.

One day he made two glove puppets. They were exactly the same, except that one had spots and one had stripes. The two puppets had great fun. They played together every day, but what they liked best of all was playing with their blocks. They would build castles and boats and trains and they'd build tall towers then knock them over and they'd laugh and laugh. They were the best of friends.

One day they found a mirror. They'd never seen a mirror before so they lined up together to have a look at themselves. They looked in the mirror, they looked at each other, they looked in the mirror again.

Then Stripes said quietly, "You've got spots."

Spots answered back, "And you've got stripes."

"But I don't like spots," said Stripes.

"And I don't like stripes," said Spots.

Pretty soon they were having a bit of a fight so they collected up their blocks and built a big wall between themselves. They glared at each other over the wall.

Then Stripes called out, "Spots are stupid."

"Stripes are dumb," called back Spots.

"Stripes are best," shouted Stripes, and he gave Spots a push.

"Spots are best," shouted Spots, and he gave Stripes a push.

Stripes called out, "Spots are so . . . round."

And Spots called out, "Stripes are so . . . straight."

Stripes was finding it hard to think of things to say but he called out, "You look like a disease with all those spots."

But Spots called back, "And you look like a fence with all those stripes."

At that Stripes climbed up the wall and jumped down on top of Spots and they began pulling each other's hair, poking each other's eyes, and hitting each other, until they were both crying and hurting and feeling very sorry for themselves.

They each went back to their own homes, and Stripes called out to the Toymaker, "I'm so unhappy. I've had a terrible fight with Spots. I'm hurting all over."

"Well," said the Toymaker, "I'm sorry to hear that. I'm sorry you're fighting. Look, crawl up here to me. I want to show you something."

So Stripes crawled right up to the Toymaker's face and was very surprised. "Oh," he said, "So I'm part of you. We're connected together. Look at me," he shouted, "I'm part of the Toymaker!"

"That's right," said the Toymaker, "but that's not all. Keep on going down my other arm."

So Stripes went slowly down the Toymaker's other arm until he came to - Spots!

"EEEK!" he cried, and ran as fast as he could back over the Toymaker's head and down his other arm, away from Spots. Then he looked back at the Toymaker and he said slowly, "Do you mean . . . do you mean that Spots is part of you too?"

The Toymaker smiled. "Yes," he said, "I made you both."

Spots and Stripes stood up then and called out together, "But why are we different? Why didn't you make us the same?"

The Toymaker just laughed. "I never make two the same," he said. "I want fat puppets and thin puppets, soft cuddly puppets and hard strong puppets, shy puppets and bouncy puppets, and I want puppets with spots and puppets with stripes. I want all sorts of puppets. You're all different. But you're all part of me and you're all part of each other as well. So when you hurt each other you are really hurting part of yourself."

Spots and Stripes were very quiet. They were thinking.

Then the Toymaker said to the puppets, "What will happen when your life as a puppet is finished and you die? Do you think it will make any difference then whether you had spots or stripes?"

Spots and Stripes looked at each other and Stripes slowly shook his head. "Well, no," he said, "when our life is finished it won't make any difference at all."

And Spots shook his head and said, "It won't make any difference at all. When we're both dead and gone we'll both be exactly the same!"

Then he started to laugh and Stripes started to laugh and they laughed and they laughed until Spots managed to say, "What a joke! We would have spent our whole life fighting and it doesn't make any difference at all!"

Then Stripes looked at Spots and said, "Hey Spots. Want to build a castle?"

And so they did.

The Toymaker is a delightful hand puppet show about two puppets who suddenly discover that they are not identical: one is spotted and the other is striped. Now suspicious and fearful of one another, they battle.

After exhausting themselves, they go to The Toymaker and learn they were created by him and that he loves them equally. They also realize that external differences in people are not important; basically people are the same. They are friends again and play together.

Кукольник - восхитительное ручное кукольное представление о двух куклах, которые внезапно обнаруживают, что они не идентичны: один замечен, а другой полосатый. Теперь подозрительные и боятся друг друга, они сражаются.

Изнуривший, они отправляются в «Кукольник» и узнают, что они созданы им и что он любит их одинаково. Они также понимают, что внешние различия в людях не важны; в основном люди одинаковы. Они снова друзья и играют вместе.

The Toymaker, by Martin Stevens, was first performed on Armistice Day in 1949. It was translated into dozens of languages, made into an award winning film, made into a children’s book and was approved by The United Nations. The story was purchased by the U.S. State Department and is used by practically all religious, service and educational groups worldwide. It remains a crowning achievement of Martin Stevens.

Кукольник , Мартин Стивенс, впервые был исполнен в День перемирия в 1949 году. Он был переведен на десятки языков, сделанных в фильм, удостоенный наград, сделанный в детской книге и одобрен Организацией Объединенных Наций. История была приобретена Государственным департаментом США и используется практически всеми религиозными, сервисными и образовательными группами по всему миру. Это остается прекрасным достижением Мартина Стивенса.

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The Stevens Puppets were started in Middlebury, Indiana, in 1933, by Martin and Olga Stevens. They became a world famous marionette company producing adult dramas such as MacBeth, Taming of the Shrew, Joan of Arc, The Passion Play, just to name a few. They traveled worldwide during the 1930’s-1950’s. Much of their work together can be seen in museums and private collections around the world. Ultimately they parted ways in the late 1950’s.

Martin and Margi were married on Valentine’s day in 1960. Their first marionette play together was “The Sleeping Beauty”. It debuted in the fall of 1960. It would start them on a journey that would add several marionette plays in the next twenty years. Robin Hood, The King of the Golden River, Pinocchio, Cinderella, Aladdin, Rumplestiltskin, The Wizard of Oz, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Many of those shows are still touring around the world to this day.

The world lost a pair of incredible artists in the early 1980’s. Margi in 1981, and Martin in 1983. Their collective artwork lives on with the many puppet shows they created for children.

Певцы Стивенса были начаты в Миддлбери, штат Индиана, в 1933 году Мартином и Ольгой Стивенс. Они стали всемирно известной марионеточной компанией, производящей драмы для взрослых, такие как MacBeth, «Укрощение строптивой», «Жанна д'Арк», «Страстная игра», просто чтобы назвать несколько. Они путешествовали по всему миру в 1930-х - 1950-х годах. Большая часть их совместной работы можно увидеть в музеях и частных коллекциях по всему миру. В конце концов они расстались в конце 1950-х годов.

Мартин и Марги были женаты на день Святого Валентина в 1960 году. Их первая игра с марионеткой была «Спящая красавица». Он дебютировал осенью 1960 года. Он начнет их в путешествие, которое добавит несколько марионеточных спектаклей в ближайшие двадцать лет. Робин Гуд, «Король Золотой реки», «Пиноккио», «Золушка», «Аладдин», «Румплестильцкин», «Волшебник страны Оз», «Легенда о сонной лощине». Многие из этих шоу по сей день по всему миру гастролируют по всему миру.

В начале 80-х годов мир потерял пару невероятных художников. Марги в 1981 году и Мартина в 1983 году. Их коллективное произведение живет с множеством кукольных представлений, которые они создали для детей.

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Slightly odd movie about a puppet maker/master who has two puppets, one with dots on his face, the other with stripes. They start to bicker with each other. Puppet master steps in and basically says pretty much I'm the god of you two, and you're just one person" There might be a "Brotherhood Of Man" theme or maybe even a religious undertone to this, but it's probably unintentional. It's just sure strange to see the puppet master talking to the puppets, and the puppets responding back, but without having the master's mouth move at all. So I guess we're all invited into the puppet master's schitzophreniac little fantasy.

Немного странный фильм о кукловоде / учителе, у которого есть два кукла, один с точками на лице, а другой с полосками. Они начинают биться друг с другом. Кукловод приходит в себя и в основном говорит, что я бог вас двоих, и вы всего лишь один человек. «Возможно, может быть тема« Братство человека »или, возможно, даже религиозный оттенок этого, но это, вероятно, непреднамеренно. просто странно видеть, как кукловод разговаривает с куклами, а куклы откликаются назад, но без того, чтобы рот хозяина вообще не двигался. Поэтому, я думаю, мы все приглашены в маленькую фантазию марионетки-шизофреника.

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