Fig. 153.—Punch, from the Punch and Judy Show, showing the ruff and other details of Elizabethan costume.
Fig. 154.—Judy, from the Punch and Judy Show, with ruff, mob cap, and apron.
Though Punch has donned new clothes and altered his habits to suit not only the countries in which he sojourned, but the times in which he has performed, yet despite these and other changes that have gone on since he set foot on these islands, there is one thing that has always been his special characteristic. This is his squeaky voice, which he retained even in Molière’s play, and it is from the peculiarity of his voice that he gained his name. Pulicinella means a “hen-chicken,” which might well be expected to have a squeaky voice.
Fig. 155.—The Beadle, from the Punch and Judy Show.