One of the darkest, oddest and most intriguing pieces of tragic-comic literature comes to light at last in this Wonderland Imprints Illustrated Edition of the eternal and infamous slapstick masterpiece, PUNCH AND JUDY. The script of the classic puppet show, as related to John Payne Collier by the Italian puppeteer Giovanni Piccini, is offered here in full, featuring the haunting illustrations of George Cruikshank.
As grim as it is hilarious, PUNCH AND JUDY is the tale of a jester so mischievous and violent that he mercilessly beats everyone he comes into contact with — his wife, his baby, strangers, lords, ladies, executioners and the Devil himself. Defiant of all authority, getting away with murder and laughing away the fragile power of law and king and even the divine, Punch is the classic anti-hero. This is a tale you will never forget, as mysterious as it is amusing.
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