... including the Boneshaker Brothers Skeleton Circus, the first to appear at the Guildhall. That is followed by Clown Joey's Harlequinade - described as a puppetorium pantomime - and The Prof’s Punch and Judy Show. Tickets for each show are £3.50. They are ...

... in-jokes. The Harlequinade became an anglicised version of the Commedia with its cast of stock characters and young lovers. Pulcinella now exists as Mr Punch, the hook nosed puppet. From the l.Sti:.century the crowds were drawn by the Harlequinade’s slapstick ...

... certainly supported by even wealthier patrons who considered it an honour to do so. Louis XIII even ennobled some of them. The Harlequinade was the earliest pantomime performed and was peopled by such characters as Harlequin himself who was a personification ...