Aren't Punch (Punchinello) & Pulcinella the same character? On Sat, Sep 9, 2023 at 11:45 PM Bob W PDML <pdm...@icloud.com> wrote:
> > On 9 Sep 2023, at 20:20, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote: > > > > On Sat, Sep 09, 2023 at 06:45:09PM +0200, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > >>> Am 09.09.23 um 18:16 schrieb Rick Womer: > >>> Yesterday we took a trip to Doylestown, a well-preserved town > incorporated in 1838, about an hour west of Philly. > >> > >> A most peculiar place indeed. > >> > >> What do you call the guy in the third and fifth photo? It would be a > >> Kasper in German or a Guignol in French. > >> > >> Ralf > > > > In the U.K. that would most often be identified as "Mr Punch" > > (from "Punch & Judy" puppet shows, and also featuring on the > > masthead of "Punch" magazine) > > -- > > > > He is based on the character of Pulcinella from the Italian Commedia > dell’arte. His profile is said to be derived from that of the Emperor > Vespasian, as seen on Roman coins. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
