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'''Augsburger Puppenkiste''' ("Augsburg Puppet Chest") is a marionette theatre based in Augsburg, Germany. Established in 1948, it produced its first television show in 1953 and has survived [[Long Runners|right up to today]], having celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2008.
 
It is somewhat of a national treasure to Germans, many of whom under the age of 50 were raised on its puppet films and TV series. These range from traditional [[The Brothers Grimm (Creatorcreator)|Grimm]] [[Fairy Tale|fairy tales]] to ''[[One Thousand and OneArabian Nights (Literature)|One Thousand and One Nights]]'' to Wilhelm Hauff. Many of the old productions from the 1960s are still immensely popular and have remained unchanged since their first production.
 
[[He Also Did|What is less known]] is that they also do live performance shows for young and adult audiences, traditionally featuring a cabaret program on New Year's Eve, and having staged many adaptations of classical plays and operas, such as ''[[The Little Prince]]'', ''[[Doctor Faustus (Theatre)|Doctor Faustus]]'', ''[[The Threepenny Opera (Theatre)|The Threepenny Opera]]'', ''[[Peter and The Wolf]]'', ''[[The Magic Flute (Theatre)|The Magic Flute]]'' and ''[[Don Giovanni]]''.
 
=== TV productions (list incomplete): ===
 
* ''The Moomin Family'' (1959) and ''Summer in Moominvalley'' (1960): Their first TV series (but not their first broadcast), adapted from Tove Jansson's ''[[The Moomins (Literature)|The Moomins]]'' books.
* ''Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver'' (German: '' Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer'') (1961-62): Adapted from the ''[[Jim Button (Literature)|Jim Button]]'' novels by [[Michael Ende (Creator)|Michael Ende]].
* ''The Fat Little Knight'' (1963)
* ''Splashy the Squid'' (1963)