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Jester, Court jester of King Cradock in the TV series Jane and the Dragon. Jester, the Harlequin puppet in the Puppet Master films; Kyoami, in Akira Kurosawa's film Ran; Timothy Claypole, character in the BBC children's television comedy programme Rentaghost of the 1970s/80s, was a jester (played by Michael Staniforth).
A jester, also known as joker, court jester, or fool, was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain guests during royal court.Jesters were also traveling performers who entertained common folk at fairs and town markets, and the discipline continues into the modern day, where jesters perform at historical-themed events.
Arthur's court jester: Daniel von Blumenthal† Daniel von Blumenthal, 1220 A Knight of the Round Table found in an early German offshoot of Arthurian legend Dinadan† Prose Tristan, 1230s Prose Tristan, Le Morte D'Arthur: Son of Sir Brunor the Senior Dindrane (Italian: Agrestizia), (Welsh: Danbrann), Dindraine, Heliabel
Mathurine is noted in the registers of the court with the position Plaisante, [2] which was the title of female jesters of the court in 16th-century France, of which there were evidently several, such as Mademoiselle Sevin, the jester of the queen of Navarre. [3] Mathurine de Vallois is the most known of these female jesters.
Ferrial was born in France in 1479. In unknown circumstances, Ferrial found purpose in life as the court jester for King Francis I (and perhaps also earlier for Louix XII), who kept him on the court, together with François Bourcier, "governor of Triboulet" and his brother, Nicolas Le Feurial. [2]
The fool perhaps reached its pre-Shakespearean heights as the jester in aristocratic courts across Europe. The jester played a dynamic and changing role in entertaining aristocratic households in a wide variety of ways: songs, music, storytelling, medieval satire, physical comedy and, to a lesser extent, juggling and acrobatics.
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Contemporary sources mention court jesters named Gąska and Stańczyk. Notably, both names are featured in two short poems by Jan Kochanowski. [3] Both words are diminutives, of the words gęś and Stanisław, respectively, rather than proper names in their own right. [3]