Project Gutenberg 2012-11-17 Public domain in the USA. 72 Ward, Thomas A. M. ca17000449 Punch and Judy, with Instructions How to Manage the Little Wooden Actors Containing New and Easy Dialogues Arranged for the Use of Beginners, Desirous to Learn How to Work the Puppets. For Sunday Schools, Private Parties, Festivals and Parlor Entertainments. Produced by Mark C. Orton, Ernest Schaal, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Punch and Judy, with Instructions How to Manage the Little Wooden Actors by Ward" is a guidebook on puppet theater written during the late 19th century. The book provides practical instructions for performing the traditional Punch and Judy puppet show, a popular form of entertainment characterized by its humorous and often slapstick narratives. This publication likely appeals to those interested in puppetry, theatrical performance, or the arts in general. The content begins with an overview of the history of puppet shows and emphasizes the importance of performing Punch and Judy in a refined manner suitable for polite society, avoiding vulgarity. The book contains detailed instructions on constructing the puppet stage, managing the wooden puppets, and performing various humorous dialogues. Key characters include Mr. Punch, Judy, their child, and other comedic figures like a Doctor and Policeman, each contributing to amusing and chaotic scenarios typical of the Punch and Judy shows. The playful interactions and slapstick humor form a central theme, combining antics and moral lessons, making the performance both entertaining and reflective of societal norms of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Puppet plays PN Text Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Teaching & Education 86842 86851 2024-09-17T11:13:02.549611 2023-09-18T06:13:13.893501 text/html text/html 85619 2012-11-17T06:26:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1070547 2020-01-29T13:04:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1115576 2024-09-17T11:13:05.475602 application/epub+zip 1115043 2024-09-17T11:13:03.254608 application/epub+zip 93111 2024-09-17T11:13:02.924610 application/epub+zip 1164550 2024-09-17T11:13:07.169587 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1145366 2024-09-17T11:13:05.148633 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 125150 2022-09-18T20:34:00.525659 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 60800 60594 2024-09-17T11:13:02.202620 2023-09-18T06:13:13.580491 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 60760 2012-11-17T06:26:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22612 2012-11-17T06:26:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 17885 2024-09-17T11:13:07.305685 application/rdf+xml 24024 2024-09-17T11:13:03.003611 image/jpeg 3961 2024-09-17T11:13:02.962623 image/jpeg 1097926 2024-09-17T11:13:02.586632 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog