Friday, December 7, 2012

The Art of Play: The Magic Punch & Judy


The Magic Punch and Judy
England, 1977
The George Speaight Archive at
The Victoria & Albert Museum



This card-backed flyer is printed with a set of cut-out Punch & Judy puppets. The images are described as, “a reconstruction of H. G. Clarke's THE MAGIC PUNCH & JUDY first published [ca.] 1875.” The work of Mike Bartley, this 1977 flyer reads further:


Member of the BRITISH PUPPET & MODEL THETRE GUILD
Mike Bartley
REVIVES
THE MAGIC
PUNCH AND JUDY
41 COOPER ROAD, WESBURY-ON-TRYM, BRISTOL BS( 3QZ ) 

BRISTOL (0272) 621955 


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