Richard Meeker

Born: 1901   Otsego , MI
Died: 01/10/1996
Spouse: Partner Richard Brandon
Address(es):
Last known address:
Los Angeles , CA

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Generous Jefferson Bartleby Jones
- The story of a boy with 2 Dads. Ages 4-8. Joint author Leslie Trawin
Fiction Children Los Angeles, CA: Alyson Wonderland 1991
A Gamut of Girls : Memoir
- By Elsa Lanchester with songs by Forman Brown
Non Fiction Adult Santa Barbara, CA: Capra 1988
Small Wonder; the Story of the Yale Puppeteers and the Turnabout Theater
- (Publication Years: 1936, 1980)
Non Fiction Adult University of California: Scarecrow Press 1936
Pie-eyed Piper; Punch's Progress
- Musical plays written for marionette production by the Yale Puppeteers (Publication Years: 1933, 1936)
Drama New York, Greenberg 1933
Better Angel
- Using the pseudonym of Richard Meeker, "Better Angel" is now considered the first American novel to present the gay experience in a healthy light. It is the story of a young composer in New York who grew up in a small Michigan town.
Fiction Adult New York: Greenberg Publishing Company 1933
Spider Kin Poetry Adult Chicago, Ill. : Robert Packard 1929
Walls Poetry Adult Otsego, MI: Otsego Union 1925
Other writings:
- Wrote the plays and songs for the Yale Puppeteers as well as the lyrics for Broadway musicals and films.
What is the aim or goal of your writing: Made a formidable contribution to puppetry in America.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
- Secondary teaching certificate
University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1986

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Co-Founder
- Created by the Yale Puppeteers Harry Burnett, Forman Brown, and Richard Brandon
Turnabout Theatre Hollywood , CA 1941 -1956
Assistant Professor North Carolina State University 1923 -1926
Co-Founder
- Original puppeteer troupe performed at a theater on Olvera St. in Los Angeles before moving to the Turnabout Theater.
Yale Puppeteers 1922
English Instructor University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI

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