Interview with Mervyn Millar, director and puppet designer

Mervyn Millar is an influential director and designer of puppets, who is most notably known for his puppet creations in War Horse for the National Theatre of London. His work on Shakespeare includes The Comedy of Errors (2005) directed by Nancy Meckler and As You Like It (2019) directed by Kimberley Sykes, both for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He kindly accepted to give an interview as part of the international PuppetPlays conference in May 2023 (Montpellier, France), with specific focus on his puppet work in Sykes's staging of As You Like It .

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Cahiers Élisabéthains A Journal of English Renaissance Studies
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2025-07-01
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https://doi.org/10.1177/01847678251339148
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Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies
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Interview with Mervyn Millar, director and puppet designer

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Interview with Mervyn Millar, director and puppet designer

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Abstract

Mervyn Millar is an influential director and designer of puppets, who is most notably known for his puppet creations in War Horse for the National Theatre of London. His work on Shakespeare includes The Comedy of Errors (2005) directed by Nancy Meckler and As You Like It (2019) directed by Kimberley Sykes, both for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He kindly accepted to give an interview as part of the international PuppetPlays conference in May 2023 (Montpellier, France), with specific focus on his puppet work in Sykes's staging of As You Like It .

Cahiers Élisabéthains A Journal of English Renaissance StudiesVol. 117(1)
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