The Trap
- Studio
- British Broadcasting Corporation, Gordon Murray Puppets Production
- Distributor
- British Broadcasting Corporation
Characters
Queen Caroline of Rubovia, King Rufus of Rubovia, Lord Chamberlain, Sir Albert Weatherspoon, Grand Duchess Arabella of Humperstein, Prince Rupert of Rubovia, King Boris of Borsovia
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Gordon Murray
Producing
- Producer
- Gordon Murray
Writing
- Writer
- Gordon Murray
Animation
- Animator
- Bob Bura, John Hardwick, Audrey Atterbury
Voices
- Voice
- Violet Lamb (Queen Caroline of Rubovia), Derek Nimmo (King Rufus of Rubovia), Roy Skelton (Lord Chamberlain, Prince Rupert of Rubovia, King Boris of Borsovia), James Beattie (Sir Albert Weatherspoon), Pamela Binns (Grand Duchess Arabella of Humperstein)
Music
- Music
- Patrick Harvey
Crew
- Creator
- Gordon Murray
- Set Decoration
- Andrew Brownfoot, Margaret Brownfoot
- Puppeteers
- Bob Bura (Pongo), John Hardwick (Lord Chamberlain), Audrey Atterbury (Weatherspoon)
Production notes
A series of puppet plays for children produced in a television fantasy world of kings and queens, castles, magic, and not to mention dragons and an organ pedal pumping cat. Drawing heavily on some of the more opulent fashions of the past, the stories might appear to be set several hundred years ago, while yet being curiously modern in some respects. Shown in the BBC Puppet Theatre.
After making the first three Rubovia plays using Kim Allen's puppets, Gordon Murray realized that in order to take Rubovia to a whole new level, major changes were required. During a two-year hiatus in production beginning around May 1956, he was assisted by fledging designer Andrew Brownfoot in a redesign, from scratch, of the whole Rubovian Legends idea.
After making the first three Rubovia plays using Kim Allen's puppets, Gordon Murray realized that in order to take Rubovia to a whole new level, major changes were required. During a two-year hiatus in production beginning around May 1956, he was assisted by fledging designer Andrew Brownfoot in a redesign, from scratch, of the whole Rubovian Legends idea.