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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.
The name "slapstick" originates from the Italian batacchio or bataccio—called the "slap stick" in English—a club-like object composed of two wooden slats used in commedia dell'arte. When struck, the Batacchio produces a loud smacking noise, though it is only a little force that is transferred from the object to the person being struck.
Punch and Judy is a traditional puppet show featuring Mr. Punch and his wife Judy. Punch and Judy may refer to: Punch and Judy, a 1906 French silent comedy; Punch and Judy, a chamber opera by Harrison Birtwistle "Punch and Judy" (song), by Marillion, 1984 "Punch and Judy", a song by The Stranglers from the 1984 album Aural Sculpture
Again she rejects him. Punch murders the Choregos, a narrator figure, by sawing him in half (within a bass viol case). This is a turning point in Punch's life, and the cyclical nature of the work changes. Punch is haunted by nightmarish images of his cruelty and a satanic wedding with Judy. Punch goes to the gallows for his crimes, but cheats ...
Al-Aragouz resembles Punch and Judy in being performed by a single puppeteer using a voice modifier, using small portable `stage' (but without sides or roof). The glove puppets are similar in design and construction , but the characters are different. Like Punch and Judy, Al-Aragouz tells satirical storylines ridiculing corrupt authority.
Mr. Punch (also known as Pulcinella or Pulcinello), the principal puppet character in the traditional Punch and Judy puppet show; Mr. Punch, the masthead image and nominal editor of Punch, largely borrowed from the puppet show; Mr. Punch, a fictional character in Neil Gaiman's graphic novel, The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch ...
Surviving fragment of Punch and Judy, 1906. A group of children are watching a puppet show in an outdoor booth (identified as Guignol in the French release and Punch and Judy in the English one). The puppets are engaging in knockabout farce, battling with sticks, when in their excitement they jump off the puppet stage and become miniature ...