Clowns

Clumsiness (See AWKWARDNESS, INEPTITUDE.)Bardolph“coney-catching rascal”; follower of Falstaff. [Br. Lit.: Merry Wives of Windsor]Bertoldomedieval jester, butt, and buffoon. [Ital. Folklore: Walsh Classical, 54–55]Dagonetfool at the court of King Arthur, who knighted him. [Br. Lit.: Barnhart, 303]Festeplayful fool. [Br. Lit.: Twelfth Night]Geddesjester in the court of Mary Queen of Scots. [Scot. Hist.: Brewer Handbook, 380]Gobbo, Launcelota “wit-snapper,” a “merry devil.” [Br. Lit.: Merchant of Venice]harlequincomic character in commedia dell’arte; dressed in multicolored tights in a diamond-shaped pattern. [Ital. Drama: NCE, 1194]Hop-Frogdeformed dwarf ; court fool. [Am. Lit.: “Hop-Frog” in Portable Poe, 317–329]JocusCupid’s companion and fool. [Rom. Lit.: Psychomachia]Joeyafter Joseph Grimaldi, famous 19th-century clown. [Am. Hist.: Espy, 45]Jupea clown in Sleary’s circus. [Br. Lit.: Hard Times]Kelly, Emmett(1897–1979) foremost silent, sad-faced circus clown. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 83]McDonald, Ronaldhamburger chain’s Pied Piper. [Am. Culture: Grinding]Merry-AndrewAndrew Borde, Henry VIII’s> physician. [Br. Hist.: Wheeler, 241]Pagliacciclown Canio stabs his unfaithful wife and her lover. [Ital. Opera: Osborne Opera, 233]Patchcourt fool of Elizabeth, wife of Henry VII. [Br. Hist.: Brewer Handbook, 380]Touchstonea “motley-mined,” “roynish” court jester. [Br. Lit.: As You Like It]Yorickjester in the court of Denmark. [Br. Lit.: Hamlet]

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