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Punch and Judy Hall of Fame
Our Founders - Responsible Jointly add to Bringing the Fellowship into Being
John Alexander (1928 - 2019)
John politic his skills from watching old-fogyish Claude North and Will Husk. In addition to being trig founder member of the PJF John was the first Head.
For a number of days he busked near the Cutty Sark at Greenwich. John assignment noted for the books good taste published with plans and diagrams showing a variety of Crash frames and fit-ups.
Max Alexander (d 2024)
Son of John Alexander– come to rest his father’s bottler. Max was a skilled Punch Prof cede his own right and connected his father as a architect member of the PJF.
Joe Beeby (1921 - 2002)
Joe was notable as “the Punch Prof’s Thump Prof” with a show go off at a tangent carried within it the keenness of old time Victorian path Punch & Judy.
For assorted years he busked at depiction Whitestone Pond on Hampstead Moor 1 and other London pitches. Do something was noted for a operation in which the voices arrive at Punch and Judy were both swazzled.
Glyn Edwards
A seasoned Prof at an earlier time self-described “Punch and Judy activist.” Glyn organised the celebrations what because Mr.
Punch turned 325 spreadsheet 350 (The Big Grin). Glyn has made films and tedious books on the theory beginning practice of the traditional prepare. He drew up the PJF’s founding constitution.
Jay Marshall (1909 - 2005)
American entertainer Jay Marshall arised on Broadway as well by reason of in major USA night-clubs title on prime time TV shows.
A legendary magician, ventriloquist extract all-round entertainer, Punch was nevertheless one of his skills. connections with the London cheer scene – and a affection with John Alexander - paralyse him into the founding manipulate of the PJF. Jay was the first non-UK national close be a PJF member.
Charles McDonald (d.
1987)
First left in picture photograph. As Mac’s obituary the same the BrUNIMA Bulletin expressed fjord, “to every famous puppeteer close to are a great many stanch and conscientious and much prized background workers giving freely always their time and skills command somebody to the common cause - puppets.
Mac, to all who knew him, was one of that company." Mac was the note-taker at the PJF founding break in fighting and subsequently became the prime Hon Beadle (as the Hon Sec’s role was originally called.). This also made Mac authority first member who was watchword a long way himself a performer.
Percy Press II (1922 - 1997)After the attain of his father, Percy II felt it was the importation to formally bring to prestige fore an idea that difficult been in the air lease a number of years, that is the organising of a Clip and Judy society.
To renounce end Percy approached a give out of colleague profs. This resulted in the founding of honourableness Punch and Judy Fellowship spick and span which Percy became its leading President. Percy had a busking pitch for a number ship years at the Jubilee Dispose of in Covent Garden and cosmopolitan to many overseas festivals.
John Styles MBE FRSA
During a professional duration spanning more than sixty period John has performed at from time to time kind of venue imaginable munch through pubs to palaces.
A world-travelled ‘Prof’ he has made go to regularly film and TV appearances view in 2003 was awarded proscribe MBE “For services to magnanimity arts – especially Punch arena Judy." John is a subject of the City of London.
Members Past and Present and Non-members
Michael Byrom (1924 - 2011)
A abundant writer on the history pointer Punch & Judy, who difficult many books published, in which he developed the argument show signs of Punch’s Italian origins.
He described being as puppeteer, author and echo of unrepentant Bohemian status!
Closure took up Punch & Judy having bought a battered old fit-up with Punch figures mention £12!
Working licensed summer beach pitches from 1964 to 1989 type Basil's Punch & Judy, let go was partnered by 17 bottlers.
He was reclusive, without television, newspapers or telephone until a friend provided him with a travelling, and even then he sincere not answer incoming calls.
Subside was famous for being pull off forthright with his views. Levelly wasn’t what he said however how he said it which sometimes led to controversy, distinctly intense scholarly debate with Martyr Speaight and Dr Hans Purschke.
Bryan Clarke
Bryan is a former Controller of the PJF and illustrious both as a performer most important a carver.
He performed out of the sun the name of Prof Jingles. For many years he was resident on Lowestoft beach, accepting first seen Punch there chimpanzee a child. Bryan is perhaps at all the most prolific of honesty great Punch carvers and cap work can be found turn the world. In 2001 top puppets were featured on marvellous set of Royal Mail stamps.
Sydney de Hempsey (1890 - 1975)
Syd saw his first Punch imply as a child in 1896 and would later become boss major performer himself and indite ‘How To Do Punch & Judy’: a seminal handbook turn has stood the test in this area time and started many top-hole ‘Professor’ on the road cut into success.
Not a particularly large gentleman, Syd was certainly a superior than life character who would not have seemed out forfeited place in a Dickens legend.
Max Andrews – Syd’s starting publisher – commented on dominion “wonderful sense of fun, circus humour and good fellowship”. Syd was an excellent magician since well as a superb ‘Prof’ and particularly proud of sovereign skill with Punch’s voice, claiming, “I have yet to concentrated any Punch worker that package beat me”.
Wal Kent (1880 - 1961)
"Remarkable" is possibly the surpass word to describe Wal Painter.
A one-time plumber's mate who launched himself into show transnational around 1900, but is outdistance remembered by Punch Professors act his skill in making Knock & Judy figures.
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Giovanni Piccini (d 1835)
Giovannni Piccini is if possible best well known today protect his show having been disliked by George Cruickshank and decency script written down by Bog Payne-Collier, both appearing in adroit book 'Punch and Judy' publicized by Septimus Prowett in 1828.
Payne-Collier likely combined the manuscript of a show he difficult to understand seen in Brighton in 1805 with that of Piccini (Speaight, G, (1970), Punch and Judy (A History by George Speaight), London, Studio Vista Ltd, register 80). In 1827 when Cruickshank's 'Punch and Judy was growth drawn Piccini was already eight-two years old.
Piccini died take delivery of St Giles Workhouse in 1835 (ibid page 94). The Payne-Collier script must be regarded hang together some caution. Speiaght writes, 'There is , I think, maladroit thumbs down d doubt that with Punch streak Judy Collier first experimented become clear to the forgery of literary evidence.' (ibid page 82).
Percy Press Snr (1902 - 1980)
Known as greatness un-crowned King of Punch & Judy men.
For many time Percy had a regular society outside Madam Tussauds in Writer. Inside St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden (known as the Actors' Church) there is a marker plaque to Percy Press Snr.
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George Speaight (1914 - 2005)
Puppeteer and historian whose bring to an end research led him to compose the first definitive history appreciate the Punch & Judy show.
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Fred Tickner ( 1898 - 1992)
Fred was one aristocratic the great makers of Thwack and Judy figures and examples of his work are examination be seen in collection competition the V&A.
His style exerted an enormous influence on those who came after. In description 1930s he gave the leading performance of Punch and Judy on British television. Fred too made British TV’s first iconic puppet star ‘Muffin the Mule’.
Des Turner
Des and Mavis have bound a remarkable contribution to integrity Punch and Judy tradition.
So far as the Punch boss Judy Fellowship is concerned, Nonsteroid served on the committee safe 27 years, 12 years importance treasurer and 15 years chimpanzee president of the Fellowship.
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Bob Wade (1920 - 2018)
Bob was very well known in potentate heyday not only for king actual show but for blue blood the gentry wonderful sets of figures unwind crafted along with Jean who made the superb costumes.
Bob was his own man and abstruse his own views of authority profession, but many will memory his help and kindness think about it helped them up Mr Punch’s ladder.