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	Punch and Judy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Punch wears a jester's motley, is hunchbacked and his hooked nose almost meets his curved jutting chin.
		Punch and Judy was the title of the 1967 opera by Harrison Birtwistle.
		Punch and Judy are mute, and appear as rotund brawlers dressed in clown garb.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Punch_and_Judy (1517 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Today's issues \| Punch and Judy
		Punch and Judy evolved as a manifestation of the "Lord of Misrule" or "trickster" figure, which is found in most cultures and some claim dates back to the ancient Romans and Greeks.
		Punch and Judy began after Charles II came to the throne in the 17th century, after Oliver Cromwell and all those misery-guts Puritans were out the way and it was time for some puppet fun.
		The date of Punch and Judy's birthday came from a reference on May 9 1662 to the show in the celebrated diary of that man about town Samuel Pepys, who was a fan.
	www.guardian.co.uk /netnotes/article/0,6729,768273,00.html (504 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Punch and Judy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		PUNCH AND JUDY [Punch and Judy] famous English puppet play, very popular with children and given widely by strolling puppet players, especially during the Christmas season.
		Punch, a hunchback, with a hooked nose and chin and a pot belly, was the cruel and boastful husband of a nagging wife, Judy, whom he often beat and in many versions killed.
		Punch and Judy: many major league hitters are successful without possessing home run power.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/PunchNJu.asp (328 words)

	Punch & Judy
		Punch is almost always on the stage in the puppeteer's right hand and the antagonist character appears in the left hand.
		Punch kills baby and is condemned to death for it.
		Punch is taken to the hangman for killing baby but tricks the hangman into hanging himself.
	www.oldwoodtoys.com /punch_&_judy.htm (346 words)

	About Preston's Historic Punch and Judy
		Punch and Judy has its origins in the commedia street theatre of medieval Italy and Punch arrived in England in 1663 from Italy as the marionette Pulchinello (noted by the famous London diarist Samuel Pepys).
		Punch and Judy was a hugely popular entertainment for ordinary people on the street but also was often invited into private homes and mansions of the aristocrats.
		Punch and Judy emigrated with the English to America, Australia and other parts of the world in the Nineteenth Century but by the 1940's was in decline with the advent of films and other aspects of popular entertainment.
	www.prestonspunch.folkaustralia.com /history.html (905 words)

	Punch & Judy Get Divorced (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Judy and Judy change character and now represent Polly and Polly, the homewreckers with whom a Punch will occasionally stray from his marriage, and whom he will occasionally marry (at which point she, too, becomes a Judy).
		Punch and Judy's dog (Lisa D. White) fights with the Devil's dog (Scott Cunningham) to the soundtrack of a Loony Tunes cartoon.
		Judy down the hall -- tells us that she is writing down in her fl-and-white composition book everything that happens and everything that is said, including her telling us that she is writing down everything that happens and everything that is said.
	www.english.upenn.edu /~cmazer/punch.html (446 words)

	Who is Mr Punch
		The original significance of Punch's face and figure - his enormous nose and hump - are meaningless to an audience of modern times when, perhaps, it is not customary to associate large noses and sexual potency or find hunchbacks mirth provoking.
		Punch's own self but the killing of Judy and the Baby are seen as the achieving of dominion over the levels they represent and the beginnings of the work of self discipline and self conquest.
		When George Cruickshank drew the illustrations for his famous Punch and Judy series early in the 19th century he showed Toby as a puppet but since Toby was a well established character by now a puppet dog could have been used when a trained live dog was not available.
	www.punchandjudy.com /who.htm (2206 words)

	Punch and Judy - Uncyclopedia
		Punch and Judy Finnigan are married co-stars of British daytime light entertainment television programmes.
		Judy Finnigan was born in Colchester on 16 May 1918.
		Punch was born in London on 9 May 1662.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Punch_and_Judy (181 words)

	BBC - Liverpool Local History - Punch & Judy - History
		When Punch’s popularity began to wane, he became a glove puppet, with a host of other characters, and what had begun as a fairly unwieldy marionette theatre, with a crew of assistants became a one man travelling show.
		Punch and Judy became a tale of marital disharmony and challenges to authority - hence the policeman!
		Punch and his motley crew perform at village fetes, children’s parties and various seaside resorts around the country.
	www.bbc.co.uk /liverpool/localhistory/journey/lime_street/punch_judy/history.shtml (226 words)

	Punch & Judy with The Punch & Judy College of Professors at the heart of the art of Punch & Judy
		Punch and Judy with The Punch and Judy College of Professors at the heart of the art of Punch and Judy
		The Punch and Judy College of Professors is your gateway to the world of leading Punch and Judy performers in the UK and the Punch and Judy tradition.
		Punch is known among friends) and find out why generations of fans have been "as pleased as Punch" by his flamboyant disregard of convention and why he still convulses his audiences with laughter as he moves gleefully into the 21st Century.
	www.punchandjudy.org (143 words)

	Punch 'n Dickens
		Punch's shows used to lean against the dead wall in Mews Street, while their proprietors were dining elsewhere; and the dogs of the neighborhood made appointments to meet in the same locality.
		Punch as 'master,' and had by inference left the audience to understand that he maintained that individual for his own luxurious entertainment and delight, here he was, now, painfully walking beneath the burden of that same Punch's temple, and bearing it bodily upon his shoulders on a sultry day and along a dusty road.
		Dickens loved the Punch and Judy show for the honesty of its portrayal of English institutions, the colorful outrageousness of its characters, and for the sheer joy of its humor -- all of which are the same qualities that have earned Charles Dickens' works the timeless love of his readers.
	www.sagecraft.com /puppetry/traditions/punch.dickens.html (2161 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Punch and Judy
		Punch and Judy is a traditional puppet show: once common, but now relegated to seaside resorts and the occasional village fair and arts festival.
		Judy is usually dressed in blue and white with a mob cap, and has exaggerated features similar to Punch.
		Punch is always harried into situations from which he is able to escape by violence and murder and murderous puns.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A147818 (516 words)

	Punch, Judy and Covent Garden
		Punch's role was to dominate whatever play he was set within (not unlike the Marx Bros unleashed within their 'Night at the Opera') and even the sight of his big nose poking round the edge of the scenery was enough to set the audience off laughing.
		Historians argue about the reasons, but whatever they were they led Punch to change into the hand puppet we know today, to take a wife called Judy (Punchinello's wife was called Joan) and to star in a show performed by one person in a small puppet stage.
		I was the youngest Punch 'Prof' (as we call ourselves) at the unveiling ceremony: done at a time when Covent Garden was still a thriving fruit and vegetable market.
	www.coventgardenlife.com /info/street_entertainers/punch_judy/punch_judy.htm (977 words)

	Punch & Judy
		Punch and Judy shows are thought to originate from a clown troupe called "The Commedia Delle Arte" popular in 16th Century Italy.
		Mr Punch himself was thought to be modelled on a clown called Pulcinella (which in Italian means Little Chicken because of his beaky nose and squawky voice).
		Punch and Judy shows can still be seen today and often include topical characters or issues.
	www.hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk /circus/punch_&_judy.htm (154 words)

	Punch & Judy History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Punch acquired a wife (originally known as Joan), and by the end of the late 17th century, the Punch and Judy show was firmly ensconced in the annals of tradition.
		He transcribed a Punch performance and published the account (which, according to modern Punch performers, is somewhat lacking in accuracy.) George Cruikshank illustrated Collier's text.
		Today the Punch and Judy Show is experiencing a revival in Britain and the United States.
	www.punchandjudyworld.org /WWFPJ/PJhist.html (440 words)

	The Worldwide Friends of Punch and Judy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Punch and Judy are arguably the most famous traditional puppets in the Western World, with a colorful history more than 300 years old.
		The Worldwide Friends of Punch and Judy is the brain child of Glyn Edwards, a respected British Punchman.
		Punch a journal all to himself, for fans as well as performers, and make it available worldwide?" To accomplish this goal, The Worldwide Friends of Punch and Judy was brought into being.
	www.freshwaterpearlspuppetry.com /WWFPJ (844 words)

	Past Productions: Punch and Judy Get Divorced
		Punch and Judy Get Divorced borrows traditional characters of popular puppet theatre and stirs them into a mix of ordinary, loving, embattled men and women, and notable historical couples.
		Punch, Judy, The Baby, The Dog, Polly The Other Woman, The Clown, and The Devil are all present.
		The single Judy who misses Punch, the Judy who never had a Punch, the Judy who never wanted any Punch, and the Judy who prefers Judys all live together and talk and sing of life without men.
	www.amrep.org /past/punch/punch.html (294 words)

	Jan Svankmajer: Punch and Judy [Rakvickárna] (1966) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The story is primitive and concerns Joey's attempts to barter with Punch for the possession of a guinea-pig.
		Punch and Judy is filmed in what Effenberger has described as Svankmajer's "fantastic theatrical review" or "poetic music-hall show" style.
		Punch and Judy contains some of the most astonishing editing to be found in Svankmajer's work.
	www.illumin.co.uk /svank/films/punch/punch.html (454 words)

	PUNCH AND JUDY ON THE WEB, The authentic British website linking Punch professors and enthusiasts everywhere. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As Punch he appears in all English speaking parts of the world with dedicated Professors in Canada and the USA, in Australia and in New Zealand.
		If you are a lover of Punch, a performer of Punch, involved in an academic study of Punch, a student of folklore and tradition, want to see a Punch show or are just interested in booking Punch & Judy for a birthday party, then you should find what you want here.
		Find where to book a Punch and Judy show.
	www.punchandjudy.com (189 words)

	Punch & Judy: The Punch Page
		The Punch Page is dedicated to celebrating, remembering and keeping alive the spirit of Punch, one of the most outrageous and surprisingly loveable characters of all time.
		The Punch Page was created in 1996 in an effort to collect and present as much information as possible about Old Red Nose and to satisfy the editor's greed for images of Punch.
		Also several marvelous new sites devoted to Punch and Judy have been established in the mother country and elsewhere freeing The Punch Page of the responsibility to continue to collect and publish Punch and Judy information.
	www.spyrock.com /nadafarm/html/punchpage.html (341 words)

	The Friday Review: Mr Punch
		MR PUNCH (or, to give it its full title, THE TRAGICAL COMEDY OR COMICAL TRAGEDY OF MR PUNCH: A ROMANCE) is a distillation of some of Neil Gaiman's favourite subjects: memory and childhood, family and betrayal.
		It is here that the boy meets Mr Swatchell, a Punch and Judy professor, and the murderous Mr Punch re-enters the boy's world, as the safe, strange world of his grandparents, witnessed through the haze of memory and a child's eyes, starts to disintegrate.
		Mr Punch himself is a terrifying figure, a puppet, all pointy angles and staring eyes.
	www.ninthart.com /display.php?article=772 (1077 words)

	The Mitchell Report: Punch and Judy
		You remember Punch and Judy, those commedia dell’arte finger puppets that first appeared on the streets of Naples and London in the 17th century.
		Punch and Judy are also a “play within a play,” a Shakespearean device that is enjoying a revival in American political life.
		Many of the best minds in the country have wrestled with Judy Miller’s inexplicable logic in determining whether and when she had or had not been “released” by Libby to reveal him as her source.
	themitchellreport.typepad.com /themitchellreport/2005/10/punch_and_judy.html (1226 words)

	Mind Streaming-John Coxon's on-line journal
		Punch with a ridiculous high-pitched, guttural voice, courtesy of a device lodged in the one-man-show puppeteer's mouth.
		Judy is Punch's long-suffering puppet wife and he would regularly crack her over the head with his 'slap stick', (hence slapstick comedy) chanting his catch phrase,"Thats the way to do it!" During the show a huge wooden jawed crocodile would appear, and a huge string of prop sausages.
		Punch to abide by the conventional rules much to the pleasure of the audience.
	www.blogstudio.com /johncoxon/03_15_03_Mind_Streaming.html (611 words)

	Victorian London - Entertainment and Recreation - Theatre - Actors - Amateurs
		The little ones, watching the lively movements of the figures, and hearing the curious talk, and of course seeing no other man than the one outside who is busy with his drum and pipes, innocently imagine that the figures are speaking.
		The old lady with her market-basket on her arm is as well pleased as any juvenile, and even the busy man of business must stop a moment on the outskirts of the crowd and enjoy the mirth of this merry exhibition.
		Punch scents to have made his first appearance in England more than two hundred years ago; for we find that in 1666—7 an Italian puppet-player set up his booth at Charing Cross, and paid a small rental to the overseers of the parish of St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields.
	www.victorianlondon.org /entertainment/punchnjudy.htm (469 words)

	Internet Archive: Details: Santa Claus' Punch and Judy
		The plot goes like this: Punch tries to hit a person or animal with a stick, the person or animal grabs the stick away and beats Punch with it, Punch regains his weapon and finds a new adversary.
		The odd thing is when Punch hits Judy after she wont kiss him, a young girl in the audience, nds, as if through life experience she knows the role of the woman in the mans domain.
		The little boy asking for the Punch and Judy show asks in such a way as to imply that it was merely a formality in order to keep Santa happy.
	www.archive.org /details/santa_claus_punch_and_judy (988 words)

	Professor Wolcott's Punch and Judy Show (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Professor Wolcott's Punch and Judy Show is a fun and unique presentation of the world's most famous puppet-play.
		Punch's world and guides you through the history, significance and influence it has had on European culture.
		Professor Wolcott's Punch and Judy Show is a delightful romp for all ages.
	members.tripod.com /~thedragonkeep/punch.html (189 words)

	Mr. Punch Returns to Ruin Christmas In October
		Punch refused to give up residency in Reilly's head, and the writer relented, though only so far as to plan a four-page story with Laessig.
		Punch breaks out of the stage box to inhabit a whimsical world inhabited by palindrome bears, elves, vampires, ancient gods and, of course, Santa Claus.
		Punch and Judy: A Grand Guignol is a 48-page, saddle-stitched graphic novella in a special 8 1/2 x 11" format with cardstock covers, with an introduction by Paul Di Filippo and a painted cover by Jon Foster.
	www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /news/106090906796375.htm (582 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| England \| Kent \| Punch and Judy ban on Bin Laden
		A Punch and Judy man has been banned from using Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden puppets in his Kent seaside show.
		Mr Punch dispatched the baddies in time-honoured fashion by bashing them with his stick and Mr Witts said most of the audience enjoyed the joke.
		Punch and Judy has traditionally poked fun at contemporary figures.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/4134090.stm (415 words)

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