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The publication presents materials from the archive of the State Academic Central Puppet Theater named after S.V. Obraztsov. These materials have a unique character. They are a recording of a conversation with a traveling artist, a showman, a parsley maker, the creator of a mechanical puppet theater, Yakov Mironovich Bromfein, who was engaged in his craft in the late XIX — early XX centurу. Bromfein provides valuable information about the life and activities of street performers, describes the performances created by him and other puppeteers. The publication is preceded by an introductory article, which systematizes what is stated in the memoirs, shows the place of this performer in the context of similar phenomena of street entertainment culture.
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