Richard Bradshaw (puppeteer)

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.{{Cite news |date=1949-06-19 |title=Young People's Theatre Opens |work=Sunday Herald |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28666055 |access-date=2024-01-02}} Leading Australian puppeteers Bradshaw, Norman Hetherington and John Lewis of Jeral Puppets were among those who demonstrated their skills at the theatre.{{Citation |last=Bradshaw |first=Richard |title=Edith Constance Murray (1897–1988) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/murray-edith-constance-15065 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=2024-01-02 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}

Bradshaw was artistic director of the Marionette Theatre of Australia.A Complete Book of Puppet Theatre by David Currell, p. 50 He is a shadow puppeteer who writes for puppets.Performing Arts: A Guide to Practice and Appreciation by Michael Billington, p. 160 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.qt.com.au/news/puppets-shadows-in-a-different-light-for-kids/1803862/|title = Puppets' shadows in a different light for kids|date = 24 March 2013}}

Bradshaw was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to puppetry and the performing arts.[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/870542 www.itsanhonour.gov.au] Order of Australia listing – Richard Bradshaw OAM

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• [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page4911527 Benson, P.D., "Good Show, Super 'Roo", The Australian Women's Weekly, (Wednesday, 25 September 1974), p. 113.]
• {{cite book |last=Billington |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Billington (critic) |year=1988 |title=Performing Arts: A Guide To Practice And Appreciation |publisher=New Burlington Books |location=London |isbn=1-85348-115-7}}
• [http://www.dreampuppets.com/O.P.E.N._files/OPEN%2011%20%20December.pdf Bradshaw, R.,"Norman Hetherington 1921 – 2010 (Eulogy)", O.P.E.N., No.11, (December 2010), pp. 2–4.]
• [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page5844658 Camens, J. "The Mysterious Potamus", The Australian Women's Weekly, (Wednesday, 17 January 1979), p. 17.]
• [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page4892711 Carr, V., "The Actor in the Wings", The Australian Women's Weekly, (Wednesday, 26 February 1969), p. 7.]
• {{cite book |last=Currell |first=David |author-link=David Currell |year=1985 |title=A Complete Book of Puppet Theatre |publisher=A & C Black (Publishers) Ltd. |location=London |isbn=0-7136-2429-9}}
• [http://www.schoolofpuppetry.com.au/tutorials.php/australian-puppetry-richard-bradshaw Guss, Naomi, "Australian puppetry – Richard Bradshaw", School of Puppetry, 7 January, 2010.]
• {{cite book |last1=Vella |first1=Maeve |author-link1=Maeve Vella |last2=Rickards |first2=Helen |year=1989 |title=Theatre of the Impossible: Puppet Theatre in Australia |publisher=Craftsman's House |location=Roseville, N.S.W |isbn=0-947131-21-3}}

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