Adrian Pecknold
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Adrian Pecknold (1920–1999) was a Canadian
mime, director, and author of the book Mime: The Step Beyond Words. He is popularly known for his creation and depiction of Poco the Clown in the popular Canadian children's television program Mr. Dressup
.
Pecknold studied mime at
L'École Jacques Lecoq in Paris
from October 1962 to April 1963. Following this, he joined Toronto Workshop Productions as an actor and instructor of mime.
In 1968, he founded Canada's first professional mime company, the
Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, in Toronto, Ontario
, Canada.
Awards and honors
Pecknold was awarded the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977 in recognition of his contribution to theatre and theatre education in Canada.
References
- Pecknold, Adrian. (1982). Mime: The Step Beyond Words. Beaverbooks.
- (1998). Carte Blanche. The Canadian Mime Theatre: A Thirty-Year Retrospective. Canadian Theatre Review, Issue 96.
- ^ Gunderson, Rolli (January 9, 2013). "Whatever became of two men from Lake Cowichan, Plater and Pecknold?". Lake Cowichan Gazette. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
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