I stumbled upon this, a current theatrical production of "The Sorrows of Young Werther" presented in puppetry. I find it strange and also strangely appropriate-- symbolic, even. My ambivalence stems from the fact that I can not think of a better way to express Goethe's characters --- so intensely definitive AS caricatures--- a forlorn, love-stricken young-man and his coy "friend" as puppets. I imagine elaborate hand-motions from Werther's puppet.

I also wonder what Albert's puppet looks like. (!)