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Punch and Judy is a traditional puppet show featuring Mr. Punch and his wife Judy. The performance consists of a sequence of short scenes, each depicting an interaction between two characters, most typically the anarchic Mr. Punch and one other character who usually falls victim to the intentional violence of Punch's slapstick .
The device is used to produce the distinctive harsh, rasping voice of Punch in a Punch and Judy show, and is held in the mouth by the professor (performer). The design of the swazzle was once a secret guarded by the professors and only taught to those with a genuine respect for and interest in learning the performance of Punch and Judy puppetry.
Shakes versus Shav (1949) is a puppet play written by George Bernard Shaw.It was Shaw's last completed dramatic work. The play runs for 10 minutes in performance and comprises a comic argument between Shaw and Shakespeare, with the two playwrights bickering about who is the better writer as a form of intellectual equivalent of Punch and Judy.
Punch was introduced in Great Britain in the seventeenth century by an Italian performer named Pietro Gimonde. The original Pulcinella was a marionette. Over time, his name was anglicized to "Punch," and he became a hand puppet. "Pleased as punch" and "beat the devil" probably originated from Punch and Judy puppet theater.
Max Jacob (born 10 August 1888 in Bad Ems; died 8 December 1967 in Hamburg) was a German puppeteer and the developer of the Hohnsteiner Kasper Theatre in the 1920s.. Kasper Theatre, or Kasperle, is the German equivalent of Punch and Judy, a traditional form of puppetry which has its origins in the Italian commedia dell'arte.
Few seaside Punch and Judy shows remain but Joe Burns still attracts thousands of fans on the beach in Swanage.
Punch and Judy Comics vol. 1, #1 1944 Punch and Judy Comics is a golden age comic book series in the humor genre, which also contains many stories in the cartoon animal genre. The series was published by Hillman Periodicals from 1944 to December 1951, and ran for 32 issues, in three volumes.
Punch and Judy are the Joker's silent henchwomen. Rag Doll (voiced by Jeff Bennett) is a thief and contortionist who can bend his body to great lengths. Rhino and Mugsy (both voiced by John DiMaggio) are the Ventriloquist's henchmen. The Riddlemen are the Riddler's silent henchmen.