Der Theaterhistoriker John Bell ist Direktor des Ballard Institute und des Museum of Puppetry sowie Professor an der University of Connecticut. Er war von 1976 bis 1986 Mitglied des Bread & Puppet Theatre und Gründungsmitglied des Kollektivs Great Small Works. Er schrieb diverse Bücher und Artikel über das Figuren- und Objekttheater und ist Herausgeber von "The Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance".

The theatre historian John Bell is Director of the Ballard Institute as well as the Museum of Puppetry and Professor at the University of Connecticut. Between 1976 and 1986 he was a member of the Bread & Puppet Theatre and founding member of the Great Small Works collective. Various books and articles on figure and object theatre and editor of The Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance.
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