Alan StockwellALAN STOCKWELL was a professional puppeteer for over forty years and appointed MBE in 2000 for services to education in the north-east of England. He is the author of many articles on the theatre, magic, circus and puppetry. His fiction books includepastiche Sherlock Holmes stories. His well-regarded "What's the Play and Where's the Stage" about the extended Penley family who were actors and managers during the late Georgian to early Victorian periods, brought to light many previously unknown facts about the provincial theatre of those periods. www.vesperhawk.com Read More Read Less