Punch and Judy pushback

Telegraph | Expat | Yes, it's the return of the Punch and Judy show: "Yes, it's the return of the Punch and Judy show
By Nick Britten
(Filed: 05/08/2005)

The traditional seaside Punch and Judy show is making a comeback.
Generations of children grew up with the puppet show thought to have been introduced from Italy in the 17th century.

That's the way to do it: Punch and Judy are making a comeback
But Punch's violent and misogynistic tendencies did not fit with the politically correct views of councils in the 1980s and the show - once a fixture at holiday resorts - gradually disappeared.
But led, it is claimed, by calls from parents, puppeteers are responding to increasing demand to bring the old-style shows back, complete with Punch hitting his wife and abusing a policeman.
Karl Evans, of Theatricks Entertainments & Imagineering in Whitland, Pembrokeshire, said: 'There are more and more people asking for Punch and Judy shows and people are glad to see it coming back.
'I think children are more aware of vio"