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Here you have your origins!
Tilly - back in mauve Started conversation May 6, 2001
Punch is taken from the italian Commedia Dell'Arte (an improvise acting theatre). Pulchinello (original name for Punch) is the vicious, plotting, murdering and cheating servant. He is also Arlecchino's (Harlequin's) brother. Just thought to set that stright!
Here you have your origins!
John the gardener says, "Free Tibet!" Posted May 6, 2001
Ah, but the form of entertainment and the central characters pre-date the names we are familiar with by a long shot. It's really an art form that is as old as civilization.
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