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Eduardo De Filippo as Pulcinella, a character from the commedia dell'arte Commedia dell'arte troupe I Gelosi performing, by Hieronymus Francken I, c. 1590. Commedia dell'arte [a] was an early form of professional theatre, originating from Italian theatre, that was popular throughout Europe between the 16th and 18th centuries.
Clarín, the clown in Life is a dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, is a gracioso. Examples of similar characters in Anglophone culture include: Bubbles in the television series Trailer Park Boys; Wheeler Walker, Jr., the country musician alter ego of Benjamin Isaac Hoffman; the stand-up persona of Bob Saget; Grande dame
The first of a set of five etching entitled Five Characters from the Commedia dell'Arte. Etching with hand coloring on laid paper. Etching with hand coloring on laid paper. Pulcinella is a dualistic character: he either plays dumb, although he is very much aware of the situation, or he acts as though he is the most intelligent and competent one ...
1862 depiction of a Columbine set in 1683 [1]. Columbine (Italian: Colombina; French: Colombine; [2] lit. ' little dove ') is a stock character in the commedia dell'arte. [3] She is Harlequin's mistress, [3] a comic servant playing the tricky slave type, and wife of Pierrot.
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' Stutterer ') is a dainty [citation needed] character in the commedia dell'arte. [1] He is farsighted [ citation needed ] and with a minor stutter [ 1 ] (hence his name; cf. Spanish tartamudear ), he is usually classed as one of the group of old characters ( vecchio ) who appears in many scenarios as one of the lovers ( innamorati ).
Pantalone originated as part of a master/servant duo and was the original Il Magnifico stock character. [3] [4] Carlo Goldoni, in his memoirs, named Pantalone as one of the four primary commedia dell'arte characters. [5]
Brighella, from the 16th century. Brighella (Bergamasque dialect: Brighèla) is a comic, masked character from the Italian theatre style commedia dell'arte.His early costume consisted of loosely fitting, white smock and pants with green trim and was often equipped with a batocio (also batacchio or battacio, depending on region) or slapstick, or else with a wooden sword.