Convert string representation of list of objects back to list in python

I have a list of objects, that has been stringified:

u'[<object: objstuff1, objstuff2>, <object: objstuff1, objstuff2>]'

I want to convert this back into a list:

[<object: objstuff1, objstuff2>, <object: objstuff1, objstuff2>]

I've tried using ast.literal_eval(), but unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work if the elements are objects, and I get a syntax error.

Is there any way I can reconvert my string representation of the list of objects back into a list?