Waldo Lanchester | |
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| Born | Waldo Sullivan Lanchester 6 May 1897 London, England |
| Died | 15 December 1978 (aged 81) Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England |
| Occupation | Puppeteer |
| Spouse | Muriel Lanchester |
| Parent | Edith Lanchester (mother) |
| Relatives | Elsa Lanchester (sister) |
Waldo Sullivan Lanchester (6 May 1897 – 15 December 1978) was a British puppeteer who founded the Lanchester Marionettes (1935–1962), a puppet theatre that was based in Malvern, and later in Stratford-upon-Avon. He wrote a book on the revival of puppeteering and commissioned George Bernard Shaw to write his last completed play Shakes versus Shav in 1949. In 1952, Donald W. Seager wrote that "Waldo Lanchester has consistently been associated with all that is best in the puppet theatre."[1] Archibald Henderson called him "England's greatest puppetmaster."[2]