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Laurent Mourguet

French puppeteer

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creation of puppet character Guignol

  • Guignol
    In Guignol

    …was created by the puppeteer Laurent Mourguet of Lyons in the early 19th century and was supposedly named for an actual canut, or Lyonnais silk worker. Guignol was performed with regional dialect and mannerisms and in the traditional garb of the peasant. Short-nosed, round-eyed, and perpetually surprised, he was easily…

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