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Pictures: The Hobbit
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This production of Tolkien's The Hobbit was first produced in 1997 by Company Skylark in association with Christine Anketell Theatrical Productions. At the time it was the largest puppet build undertaken in Australia - I was part of a making team of about 10, headed up by Philip Millar and Al Martinez. The Hobbit toured Australia in a return season in 2000.
Puppet designs © 1997 Philip Millar
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Goblin hands with kangaroo claws, sculpted in clay and ready to mould and cast in latex.
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Carving one of the troll's heads from foam.
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Early rough foam prototype of the two-metre head of Smaug the dragon, later to be carved from polystyrene.
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Two of the dwarves heads cast in latex, yet to be painted and wigged.
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One of the goblins.
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Two of the trolls. Photograph © 1997 Jeff Busby
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Thorin and two other dwarves with one of the Mirkwood elves. Photograph © 1997 Jeff Busby
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Bilbo Baggins (David Collins) and one of the elves (Simon Rann). Photograph © 1997 Jeff Busby
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Bilbo (right) with dwarves and some of the cast. Photograph © 1997 Jeff Busby
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