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The Oxford Companion to the Body
The word comes from Low German, and originally described the peasant through uncomplimentary association with the soil that he tilled.
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The Companion to Theatre and Performance
A dramatic *character serving stock comic functions, generally defined by the performer for whom the role was intended. The theatrical clown was literally a dim-witted rustic, found on the ...
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The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre
The word made its first appearance in the English language in the sixteenth century, derived from the term ‘clod’ or
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The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre (2 ed.)
in Elizabethan days a composite comic character, who might be a simpleton, a knave, or a Court Jester. Shakespeare provides examples of all three with Costard in ...
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
A dramatic character serving stock comic functions within a theatrical genre, generally defined by the specific or hypothetical performer for whom the role was intended. The theatrical ...
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