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Film ID | ACE097 |
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Title | Punch and Judy. Tragical comedy or comical tragedy |
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Date | 1980 |
Director | Keith Griffiths |
Production Company | Koninck Studios |
Synopsis | A dramatised history, incorporating excerpts from historical writings and old prints and photographs, of the Punch and Judy show, first seen in Britain in the 17th century. |
Minutes | 46 min |
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Full synopsis |
ACE097.2 (00:00:00 - 00:08:55) Captions: “Who is the slayer, who the victim? Speak.” “Roo-it-too-it-too-it-too-it-too-it!” Punch stabs Judy. Puppeteer. Traditional performance. Another Punch explains that he had numerous and dangerous encounters over the years, but they were not documented until 1827 when John Payne Collier and George Cruikshank saw a performance at the King’s Arms. Engravings; photographs; sketches. VO of Cruikshank’s description of how he and Collier recorded the performance with drawings and a transcription of the dialogue. Caption: “Mr Punch is one jolly good fellow/His dress is all scarlet and yellow/And if now and then he gets mellow/ It’s only among his good friends … When he dies – it’s only all over; And there Punch’s comedy ends. ” Engravings with intertitles introducing some of the characters – Dog Toby, Scaramouch – and giving the dialogue as Punch drops the baby, is attacked by Judy and strikes back at her, and meets a young woman. Caption: “Interlude.” Engraving of Scaramouch (with elongated neck) taking off his hat with one hand, a trick performed by Giovanni Piccini. Punch and Hector the horse; Punch and the Doctor; and the black servant; and the blind man; and Jack Ketch. Punch in prison with Ketch setting up the gallows. Punch hangs Ketch. Punch kills the Devil. “Curtain.” Caption: “Punchman interviewed by Henry Mayhew 1850 taken from London Labour and the London Poor. Performed by Percy Press Jnr.” Percy Press quotes the Punchman’s words from this interview. ACE097.3 (00:08:55 - 00:18:42) ACE097.4 (00:18:42 - 00:29:19) ACE097.5 (00:29:19 - 00:42:41) ACE097.6 (00:42:41 - 00:46:20) |
Full credits | Punchmen Percy Press Snr., Percy Press Jnr.; Bottler Peter Løvstrøm; Direction Kth Griffiths, Bros Quaij; With Lry Sider; Realisation Script and Production Kth Griffiths; Puppets/Decors/Images/Architecture/Animation Bros Quaij; Camera Mike Tomlinson; Camera Assistant Patrick Duval; Art Director Miranda Melville; Sound Mix Peter Rann; Punch’s Narrator Joe Melia; Piano Music arranged and performed by Graham Nichols. Punch and Judy, An Opera in One Act: Music Harrison Birtwistle, Libretto Stephen Pruslin, Played by The London Sinfonietta, Conductor David Atherton. Punch, Stephen Roberts (Baritone); Judy, Jan De Gaetani (Mezzo-Soprano); Doctor, John Tomlinson (Bass); Lawyer, Philip Langridge (Tenor); Pretty Polly, Phyllis Bryn-Julson (Soprano); Choreogos/Jack Ketch, David Wilson-Johnson (Baritone); Recorded by The Decca Recording Company and Published by Universal Edition (London). We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Mike & Janet Bartley, Lutz Becker, Anthony Besch, Martin Breese, Jan Dobbie, Lys Flowerday, Nicolas Hinrichsen Anthony Whitworth-Jones, Leslie Megahey, Joan Pollard, Jacquie & Doug Richardson, George Speaight, Colin Sorenson, John Styles, David Tate, Rodney Wilson BBC Hulton Picture Library, British Movietonews, Museum of London ILEA, BBC Enterprises, Tate Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum, The Theatre Royal Stratford East, Jellinek & Sampson Antiques, Cinecontact, GBS Film Lighting, Colour Film Services, Cine Europe, Filmatic, Frameline. A Koninck Studios Film for the Arts Council of Great Britain © MCMLXXX. |
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ACE097.2 (00:00:00 - 00:08:55) ACE097.3 (00:08:55 - 00:18:42) ACE097.4 (00:18:42 - 00:29:19) ACE097.5 (00:29:19 - 00:42:41) ACE097.6 (00:42:41 - 00:46:20) |
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