Josef Skupa
Czech theatre director and manager and puppeteer (1892-1957) · Czechia · On the map · Directors · Died at 64
Josef Skupa was a Czech puppeteer. He also worked in the field of puppet theatre as a playwright, director and stage designer. He developed the most famous Czech puppets, Spejbl and Hurvínek, and founded the first Czech professional puppet theatre, the Spejbl and Hurvínek Theatre.
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The Hurvinek CircusFilm, 1955Spejbl (voice) / Hurvínek (voice)1948Národní umělecAward1936The Queen of the WavesFilm, Hurvínek aka Všudybyl (voice)1931
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From 1933 to 1957, he was the president of the International Puppetry Association - UNIMA.
