Jindřich Veselý (15 June 1885 in
Bavorov
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– 19 September 1939 in
České Budějovice
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) was a
Czech pedagogue, publicist, historian on the field of
puppetry
Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of puppets – inanimate objects, often resembling some type of human or animal figure, that are animated or manipulated by a human called a puppeteer. Such a performan ...
and author of puppet theatre plays.
Early life and education
Veselý was born in Bavorov to a family of a pedagogue. He graduated from the
gymnasium in České Budějovice, then studied Czech and German philology at
Charles University
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, where he gained interest in puppet theatre.
From 1909 to 1935, Veselý worked as a high school teacher in
Prague
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and
Kladno
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, since 1935/36 he was the director of gymnasium in České Budějovice.
Puppetry
Veselý devoted all his interest to puppet theatre. Originally he collected puppets, texts of traditional puppet plays and documents on the activities of folk puppeteers. Later, he focused on contemporary amateur puppet theatre and became one of the most important promoters of puppet theatre and organizers of the puppet movement. He organized a puppet exhibition in 1911 and co-organized exhibitions in 1921, 1924 and 1929.[
In 1911 he co-founded the Czech A]