
Here in my new workshop is a just completed booth.
Making these is difficult in that it requires a number of different skills; you need to make the frame in wood, then there are the aluminium bits to connect the puppet rails and play board, you need all your Meccano experience to put together the lazy tongs, and then there is the sewing for the cover.
I used hardwood cut to 1" square. This is not a standard size so it needs to be ripped down to size. Alas the standard 3/4" square is too small.
The two halves are joined with pins made from 1/4" bolts with the heads cut off. The threaded end is good for gluing into the wood. I use these at the top as well.
This is a good old hands above head booth. The cover has a top section so the top of the booth can be completely put together before being put up on the bottom section. This is based on the Victorian style of cover. Although in this case I have made it in the same fabric as the lower section. It makes putting it up easy and allows for puppets to poke their heads out from the side. If it is too windy then it can be clipped down. The lower section is simply attached with press studs.
The whole thing is designed to fit into a golf carry bag - including the proscenium.
BTW remember the lazy tong technique has to predate 1930's because we see it in use on a booth featured in the photograph in Felix's publication on Joe Beeby. I haven't got the book so I cannot point you to the page as I did in an earlier post.