Augsburger Puppenkiste: Difference between revisions

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 (Creator)|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]]''.

* ''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]].