George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection
Print
1823 (published)
1823 (published)
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Charles-François Mauzurier made a hit in Pulcinelle Vampireand Jacko, The Brazilian Monkey, both plays written by Jean-Baptiste Blache, at the Porte St. Martin Théâtre in Paris in 1823. In November 1825 he performed his comic Punch dance in Punchinelle Vampire at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, under the title The Shipwreck of Policinello. The V&A Theatre and Performance Collections holds playbills for his performances at Covent Garden.
At the opening in London the manager Charles Kemble spoke an address noting the hump Mazurier wore, and his similarity to a marionette:
Come, all ye admirers of Punch,
Come and gaze on our Policinelle,
Did ever a soul wear a hunch
Or scream with his voice half so well?
And his joints are so supple they seem
As if they were hung upon wires;
And his leaps, and his walks, and his screams,
Are what every Parisian admires
At the opening in London the manager Charles Kemble spoke an address noting the hump Mazurier wore, and his similarity to a marionette:
Come, all ye admirers of Punch,
Come and gaze on our Policinelle,
Did ever a soul wear a hunch
Or scream with his voice half so well?
And his joints are so supple they seem
As if they were hung upon wires;
And his leaps, and his walks, and his screams,
Are what every Parisian admires
Object details
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| Title | George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | printing ink on paper |
| Brief description | 'Monsieur Mazurier Dans le Rôle de Polichinel Vampire. Théâtre de la porte St. Martin'. Lithograh by C. Motte, published in Paris, 1823. George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection. |
| Physical description | Engraving entitled Monsieur Mazurier Dans le Rôle de Polichinel Vampire Théâtre de la porte St. Martin. It portrays the subject in spacatto stance wearing a punch costume. A punch puppet in seen in the background in the same stance. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Mr. Mazurier./ Dans le Rôle de Polichinel Vampire/ Theatre de la porte St. Martin' (Inscribed in ink on the bottom)
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| Credit line | Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the V&A in 2010. |
| Object history | Charles-François Mauzurier made a hit in Pulcinelle Vampireand Jacko, The Brazilian Monkey, both plays written by Jean-Baptiste Blache, at the Porte St. Martin Théâtre in Paris in 1823. In November 1825 he performed in Punchinelle Vampire at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, under the title The Shipwreck of Policinello. The V&A Theatre and Performance Collections holds playbills for his performances at Covent Garden. |
| Summary | Charles-François Mauzurier made a hit in Pulcinelle Vampireand Jacko, The Brazilian Monkey, both plays written by Jean-Baptiste Blache, at the Porte St. Martin Théâtre in Paris in 1823. In November 1825 he performed his comic Punch dance in Punchinelle Vampire at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, under the title The Shipwreck of Policinello. The V&A Theatre and Performance Collections holds playbills for his performances at Covent Garden. At the opening in London the manager Charles Kemble spoke an address noting the hump Mazurier wore, and his similarity to a marionette: Come, all ye admirers of Punch, Come and gaze on our Policinelle, Did ever a soul wear a hunch Or scream with his voice half so well? And his joints are so supple they seem As if they were hung upon wires; And his leaps, and his walks, and his screams, Are what every Parisian admires |
| Other number | Italian Puppets |
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| Accession number | S.1126-2010 |
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| Record created | June 22, 2010 |
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