Puppet-Show

"The Puppet-Show" followed on the same lines, but its attacks were more personal.

The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann

Leech, indeed, enjoyed nothing more than caricaturing him, one of the most precious butts _Punch_ ever took to himself, until he was twitted in the "Puppet-Show" at the liberties he took: "The proprietors will be compelled to widen the columns of their journal ... to show, as far as space will admit, to what lengths a nose may go in the hands of an unprincipled illustrator."

The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann

_Harlequins_, or _Puppet-Show_ Finery of Contending

A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726) [and] Pudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot. Or a Compleat Key to the Dissertation on Dumpling (1727) Henry Carey

Their brains are absolutely set madding with Punch and the Puppet-Show, the Flying Horses,

The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon Washington Irving 1821

The dancing Monkies are in one place; the Puppet-Show in another; the Opera in a third; not to mention the Lions, that are almost a whole Day's Journey from the Politer Part of the Town.

Spectator, April 5, 1711 1711

Puppet-Show, be the Object of it, the Passion, while it reigns, engrosses the whole Woman.

Spectator, May 5, 1711 1711

Friendship and good Correspondence that reigns between them, they both of them go together to a Puppet-Show, in which the ingenious

Spectator, April 5, 1711 1711

For if we interpret his Words in the literal Meaning, we must suppose that Women of the first Quality used to pass away whole Mornings at a Puppet-Show: That they attested their

Spectator, June 26, 1711 1711

Some at the Table urged that a Puppet-Show was not a suitable Entertainment for Alexander the Great; and that it might be introduced more properly, if we suppose the Conqueror touched upon that part of India which is said to be inhabited by the Pigmies.

Spectator, April 5, 1711 1711

Manner he could, That there were some Ladies (but for your Comfort, says WILL., they are not those of the most Wit) that were offended at the Liberties I had taken with the Opera and the Puppet-Show:

Spectator, April 9, 1711 1711