Word of the Week
Written by admin on 22 April, 2009 – 10:23 am -
This week, after a short break, I return to the Italian Commedia dell’Arte characters with…
Pantalone
Usually a lustful, rich, miserly Venetian and one of the vecchi or old men. Traditionally he wears a mask with a long hooked nose and often is the father to one of the innamorati.
Further reading: The Italian Comedy by Pierre Louis Duchartre
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