Punch and Judy are the main characters in a type of comic puppet show popular in England. Punch is a hook-nosed hunchback who wears a traditional Italian costume. Judy is his wife. A typical Punch-and-Judy show has much rough, violent humor. In the show, Punch usually beats his child, quarrels with his wife, and kills her and sometimes other characters. Punch is brought to trial and sentenced to death, but escapes punishment through trickery.