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Traditional British puppet show

For other uses, see Punch and Judy (disambiguation).

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.

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First appearing in England in 1662, Punch and Judy was called by The Daily Telegraph "a staple of the British seaside scene". The various episodes of Punch comedy—often provoking shocked laughter—are dominated by the clowning of Mr.

Punch.^[2]

The show is performed by a single puppeteer inside the booth, known since Victorian times as a "professor" or "punchman", and assisted sometimes by a "bottler" who corrals the audience outside the booth, introduces the performance, and collects the money ("the bottle").

The bottler might also play accompanying music or sound effects on a drum or guitar, and engage in back chat with the puppets, so

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