Friday, March 13, 2009

Professor Frederick's Punch and Judy


I have had the pleasure of seeing Professor Frederick's Punch Van Winkle Show during Historic Hudson Valley's Legend Weekend for a number of years now.

Puppeteer Fred Greenspan and his wife have designed and published a finger puppet adaptation of Punch and Judy. I picked up a copy of their book a few years back, and spent a pleasant afternoon cutting and coloring the nine characters found inside. Also included in the book are a stagefront that can be mounted onto a box to create a theater, and a short Punch script to get people started with their own show.

You can pick up a copy of Greenspan's Punch & Judy Color & Cut Finger Puppet Theatre at Greg Johnson Books.

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