Punch and Judy: A Short History with the Original Dialogue

by John Payne Collier and George Cruikshank

Book Overview

Braggart and bully, the immortal Punch has delighted audiences for centuries. On street corners and at country fairs, crowds of English children cheer for this paragon of unrepentant wickedness, shouting encouragement and applauding his gleeful buffoonery. Punch struts and boasts, cracking jokes and heads, while the casualties mount: Judy, his shrieking wife; the interfering policeman; the hoodwinked hangman; and the devil himself, beaten to death.
Scholarly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486449033
• ISBN13: 9780486449036
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.4"