Bread and Puppet Theatre Archives

Collection Number: D-136

Business correspondence, photographs, promotional materials, and texts of original plays. An alternative theatre group founded in 1961 by Peter Schumann, the Bread and Puppet Theatre relied more on the use of enormous and visually striking puppets than on dialogue to make its anti-establishment statements.

Finding Aid

Finding Aid on the Online Archive of California

Inclusive Dates

1962-1975.

Extent

3.3 linear feet

Subject

Performing Arts

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