Program for the "Jimmy Merrill Marionettes" (performing "The Magic Fish-bone")

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Merrill, James. 1937. “Program for the "Jimmy Merrill Marionettes" (performing ‘The Magic Fish-bone’)”. Series_VIII_Ephemera, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/38715

Title: Program for the "Jimmy Merrill Marionettes" (performing "The Magic Fish-bone")
Description: Program for the "Jimmy Merrill Marionettes" during which he performed "The Magic Fish-bone" in an ambitious production of the Charles Dickens children's story, which Merrill staged at age 11. Puppets always fascinated Merrill, and he created his own puppet theater at the Orchard.
Subject: Merrill, James, 1926-1995
Creator: Merrill, James
Source: James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 298, Folder 5804
Date: 1937: August
Relation: Series_VIII_Ephemera; Exhibit Cases 1-2: Love and Money; James Merrill: Life and Art, pp. 29, 48
Language: English
Type: Program
Format: 1 leaf. Recto.; 1 jpeg. 600 ppi.
Identifier: MSS083_VIII-3_magic_fishbone_19370811.jpg
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Item sets: Merrill; Merrill Life Archive

Site pages: Love and Money - Ephemera

Media: MSS083_VIII-3_magic_fishbone_19370811.jpg