Encyclopedia > Pierrot

  Article Content

Pierrot

Pierrot is a stock character of pantomime.

A zanni, he wore a loose white tunic with big buttons and white pantaloons. His face was painted white. A creation of Giuseppe Giaratone or Geratoni.

See also Commedia dell'arte.



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
East Marion, New York

... 329 households, and 222 families residing in the town. The population density is 139.0/km² (360.6/mi²). There are 744 housing units at an average density of ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 23.8 ms