Full of slapstick and riotous fun, it can still be seen at seasides all over the country. Punch is a glove puppet, usually made of carved wood and cloth. He is married to Judy. Also in the show are a baby, a policeman, a clown, a dog called Toby and a crocodile. Punch is the only puppet in the show with legs.
Punch talks with a strange squeaky voice.
This is created by a swazzle. The swazzle is made from tin and cloth and is held by the puppeteer at the back of his mouth. The first recorded sighting of Punch in England was by Samual Pepys at Covent Garden in London in the 1666. But he has been around much longer than that - probably going back to the middle ages and possibly earlier. Punch has his foreign relatives - Karagoz in Turkey, Guignol in France, Hans Kasperl in Germany and Petroushka in Russia.