Pulcinella, a Commedia dell'arte character, evolved into his pugilistic puppet of 17th century England
The characters of the commedia usually represent fixed social 
types, stock ... Flaminio Scala, who had been a minor performer in the Gelosi 
published the scenarios of the commedia dell'arte around the start of the 17th 
century,... [DOC] [TLE] commedia dell'arte | Italian theatre | Britannica.com [PAR] Commedia dell'arte, ( Italian: comedy of the profession) Italian theatrical form 
that ... show, a puppet play involving the commedia dell'arte character Punch.