Richard BradshawOAM (born 1938)[citation needed] is a leading Australian puppeteer.
Life
In June 1949 the Sydney Herald announced weekly shows for children at the Children's Theatre at Burnie Park, Clovelly directed by Edith Constance Murray.[1] Leading Australian puppeteers Bradshaw, Norman Hetherington and John Lewis of Jeral Puppets were among those who demonstrated their skills at the theatre.[2]
Bradshaw was Artistic Director of the Marionette Theatre of Australia.[3] He is a shadow puppeteer who writes for puppets.[4] In 2005, he was commissioned by Terrapin Puppet Theatre to write The Storyteller's Shadow: a Celebration of Hans Christian Andersen which toured around Tasmania, to Denmark and to Singapore and Malaysia. Jim Henson, a fellow puppeteer, featured the work of Bradshaw as part of his six-part television series on puppetry. His shadow puppets were used for animations and stories on ABC's Play School.[5][6][7]
Bradshaw was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to puppetry and the performing arts.[8]
^Bradshaw, Richard, "Edith Constance Murray (1897–1988)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2 January 2024
^A Complete Book of Puppet Theatre by David Currell, p.50
^Performing Arts: A Guide to Practice and Appreciation by Michael Billington, p.160
