- For the ballet by Stravinsky, see Petrushka (ballet)
Petrushka (Russian: Петрушка) is a stock character of Russian folk puppetry (rayok) known at least since 17th century. Petrouchka or Petrushka ( Pétrouchka; Петрушка) is a Ballet with music by the Russian Composer Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages A stock character is one which relies heavily on cultural types or names for his or her personality manner of speech and other characteristics Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Puppetry is a form of Theatre or Performance which involves the Manipulation of Puppets. Rayok literally means "small Paradise " in Russian. By extension it came to mean a Fairground Peep show, as " The Fall Petrushkas were used as marionettes, as well as hand puppets. A marionette is a Puppet controlled from above using strings a marionette's puppeteer is called a manipulator. A hand puppet (also called a glove puppet) is a type of Puppet that is controlled by the hand or hands that occupies the interior of the puppet Traditionally he was a kind of a jester distinguished by red dress, red kolpak (a kind of pointy hat), and often a long nose. A jester, joker, jokester, fool, wit-cracker, prankster, or buffoon is a member of a profession that came into popularity Pointy hats have been a distinctive item of Headgear of a wide range of cultures throughout history in particular suggesting an ancient Indo-European tradition
The name is actually a hypocoristic for "Pyotr" (Пётр), which is Peter in Russian (incidentally, petrushka is also the Russian word for parsley). A hypocoristic, hypocorism, or hypochorisma (from Greek el ὑποκορίζεσθαι el-Latn hypokorizesthai, "to use child-talk" Peter is a popular male Given name. It comes from the Greek word πετρος (petros meaning "rock" Peter is a popular male Given name. It comes from the Greek word πετρος (petros meaning "rock" Parsley ( Petroselinum crispum) is a bright Green, biennial Herb, also used as Spice. However, the character has little or nothing in common with such stock characters as Petruccio or Pierrot. WatteauPierrotjpg|thumb|200px|Watteau's sad Commedia dell'arte player of Pierrot ca 1718–19 traditionally identified as "Gilles" ( Louvre)]] Petrushka is rather a Russian Punch or Pulcinella in character. Punch and Judy is a traditional popular English Puppet show featuring the characters of Punch and his wife Judy Pulcinella, often called Punch or Punchinello in English Polichinelle in French is a classical character that originated
Initially, Petrushka was a character of typical slapstick comedy targeting the adult audience. Slapstick is a type of Comedy involving exaggerated physical violence or activities which exceed the boundaries of common sense such as a character being hit in the face with As puppet theatre gradually became predominantly children's entertainment, Petrushka became less vulgar and aggressive.
External links
- Petrushka (Russian)
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