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I hold that the beginning of modern Irish drama was in the winter of 1898, at a school feast at Coole, when Douglas Hyde and Miss Norma Borthwick acted in Irish in a Punch and Judy show; and the delighted children went back to tell their parents what grand curses 'An Craoibhin' had put on the baby and the policeman.
Lady Gregory

Meaning of "Punch and Judy show" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUNCH AND JUDY SHOW

Punch and Judy show  [pʌntʃ ən ˈdʒuːdɪ ʃəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUNCH AND JUDY SHOW

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Punch and Judy show is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PUNCH AND JUDY SHOW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Punch and Judy show in the English dictionary

The definition of Punch and Judy show in the dictionary is a puppet show for children, often performed at fairs or at the seaside. Punch and Judy, the two main characters, are always fighting.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUNCH AND JUDY SHOW


airshow
ˈɛəˌʃəʊ
ancho
ˈæntʃəʊ
concho
ˈkɒntʃəʊ
gaucho
ˈɡaʊtʃəʊ
gazpacho
ɡəzˈpɑːtʃəʊ
honcho
ˈhɒntʃəʊ
macho
ˈmætʃəʊ
muchacho
muːˈtʃɑːtʃəʊ
mucho
ˈmʊtʃəʊ
nacho
ˈnɑːtʃəʊ
poncho
ˈpɒntʃəʊ
rancho
ˈrɑːntʃəʊ
sancho
ˈsæntʃəʊ
show
ʃəʊ
sideshow
ˈsaɪdˌʃəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUNCH AND JUDY SHOW

Punchinello

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUNCH AND JUDY SHOW

comedy show
fashion show
for show
freak show
game show
hit show
horse show
motor show
no-show
picture show
reality show
road show
run the show
sex show
slide show
steal the show
stop the show
talent show
talk show
to be a one-man show
variety show

Synonyms and antonyms of Punch and Judy show in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Punch and Judy show» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of Punch and Judy show to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

布袋木偶表演
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Punch y Judy espectáculo
570 millions of speakers

English

Punch and Judy show
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पंच और जुडी शो
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لكمة و جودي المعرض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Панч и Джуди шоу
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Punch and Judy show de
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাঞ্চ এবং জুডি শো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Punch and Judy show
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pertunjukan Punch dan Judy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kasperltheater
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パンチとジュディショー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

펀치 와 주디 쇼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pertunjukan Punch and Judy
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Đấm và Judy chương trình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பஞ்ச் மற்றும் ஜூடி நிகழ்ச்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पंच आणि जुडी दाखवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Punch ve Judy gösterisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Spettacolo di burattini
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Poncz i Judy pokaż
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Панч і Джуді шоу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Punch și Judy spectacol
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Punch και Judy show
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Pons en Judy show
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Kasperteater
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Punch and Judy -show
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Punch and Judy show

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Punch and Judy show

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Lady Gregory
I hold that the beginning of modern Irish drama was in the winter of 1898, at a school feast at Coole, when Douglas Hyde and Miss Norma Borthwick acted in Irish in a Punch and Judy show; and the delighted children went back to tell their parents what grand curses 'An Craoibhin' had put on the baby and the policeman.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUNCH AND JUDY SHOW»

Discover the use of Punch and Judy show in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Punch and Judy show and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Punch and Judy in 19th Century America: A History and ...
At a ladies night held by Mountain Lodge, A.O.U.W., in Odd Fellows' lodge room, North Adams, Massachusetts, on 30 March 1898, the entertainment included “ ventriloquism, magic and a Punch and Judy show by Mr. Flash of Hoosick Falls, ...
Ryan Howard, 2013
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Puppets and "popular" Culture
As recorded by Collier and many subsequent writers, the "Punch-and-Judy" show has a formulaic structure (determined, at least in part, by the two hands of the puppeteer) in which. 79 Speaight, History of the English Puppet Theatre, 230.
Scott Cutler Shershow, 1995
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Festive Revolutions: The Politics of Popular Theater Forms
The treatment of blacks in the Punch and Judy show therefore played into already prevalent prejudices against blacks. Jews also became the victims of Pulcinella. In many ways popular culture set itself against the authority of the church, but ...
Claudia Orenstein, 1992
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The Cinema of Malcolm Lowry: A Scholarly Edition of Lowry's ...
Cut to a sidewise near close up of a screeching Punch and Judy show, with the word Guignol above it. Slantwise the four appear, each half-turned to us on the screen, Topsy, nearest, then Dick, who has both children by the hand, then Lanier, ...
Edited by Miguel Mota and Paul Tiessen, Miguel Mota, Paul Tiessen, 2011
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The Victorian Marionette Theatre
Scaramuzzia had often been the foil to Pulcinella in Naples, and this may explain how he became part of the Punch and Judy show. In England, in the course of the eighteenth century, he dropped out of the group of harlequinade characters ...
John Mccormick, 2004
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Dickens and the Rise of Divorce: The Failed-Marriage Plot ...
Like Jasper Packlemerton, the novel's emblematic monster, the Punch and Judy show provides us with a metaphor for interrogating the novel and for uncovering its deepest anxieties. There are many variations of the Punch and Judy show, but  ...
Dr Kelly Hager, 2013
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The Theatre of Shelley
78, 85, 79, 76; Leach, Punch and Judy Show, pp. 15, 40. 793 PBSLII, pp. 220, 207. 794 Fo, Tricks of the Trade, p. 51. 795 Morgan, Italy, II, pp. 291n., 447. Burlesque There was yet another influence on Swellfoot: the eighteenth-century.
Jacqueline Mulhallen, 2010
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Riddley Walker
‘Walker is my name and I am the same. Riddley Walker. Walking my riddels where ever theyve took me and walking them now on this paper the same. There aint that many sir prizes in life if you take noatis of every thing.
Russell Hoban, 2012
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Breaking the Fall: Religious Readings of Contemporary Fiction
For one, the Punch and Judy show invites active participation by the audience; the main characters address the viewers and ask for help (in Riddley's performance Judy - here called Pooty - requests that the onlookers warn her when she is ...
Robert Detweiler, 1989
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Christina Rossetti and Illustration: A Publishing History
Rossetti herself likely would have known the play well, for a Punch and Judy show used to perform regularly on the street in front of the family house in her infant years.33 The Punch and Judy narrative evoked by the picture engages with the ...
Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUNCH AND JUDY SHOW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Punch and Judy show is used in the context of the following news items.
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Birmingham's Punch and Judy shows 'under threat'
Birmingham's band of Punch and Judy entertainers – stung by a raft of security checks – have told education chiefs: “That's not the way to do it.” And the ... «Birmingham Mail, May 15»
2
Free Punch and Judy show for hire to Northamptonshire charities
A management accountant from Irthlingborough has bought his own booth Punch and Judy and is now offering his services for free to charities and good causes ... «Northamptonshire Telegraph, Apr 15»
3
Christoph Waltz: Bond movies are like Punch and Judy shows
The Austrian star said that he only wanted to appear in a certain kind of Bond film – and compared the movies to Punch and Judy shows. “I did, yes (think twice). «BreakingNews.ie, Apr 15»
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So much for a Punch and Judy show. Our feeble MPs are out for the …
So much for a Punch and Judy show. Our feeble MPs are out for the count. Armando Iannucci. Increasingly hands-on prime ministers have neutered the ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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Moving beyond Punch and Judy's sinister past
Audiences who arrived at a Punch and Judy show beginning in the Victorian era were introduced to Punch, a womanizing, murderous fellow who beat anyone ... «The Week Magazine, Oct 14»
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Punch and Judy moves with the times to pull in crowds
The anarchic humor remains as central as ever to the Punch and Judy experience, ... The interactiveness of a Punch and Judy show can come as an enjoyable ... «Reuters, Sep 14»
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That's the way to do it: Punch and Judy show delights crowds at …
Youngsters enjoyed a traditional Punch and Judy show at Hounslow's Treaty ... The shows marked the culmination of a series of free summer activities laid on by ... «getwestlondon, Aug 14»
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Punch and Judy show at Intu Derby sparks outrage
A PUNCH and Judy show put on for children at the Intu Derby shopping centre has been criticised for promoting domestic violence. The show by puppeteer Jon ... «Derby Telegraph, Aug 14»
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LOHAN's Punch and Judy show: The big fat round-up
Pics+Vid The dust has pretty well settled on the Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator (LOHAN) Punch and Judy test flights, and we now present for your further ... «Register, Apr 14»
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The Punch and Judy show is LIVE NOW
The Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator (LOHAN) "Punch" and "Judy" test flights are about to kick off - assuming the wind doesn't scupper today's operations. «Register, Apr 14»

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