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Pictured are stock characters from Commedia dell'Arte, which gave each character a standard costume. A stock character is a dramatic or literary character representing a generic type in a conventional, simplified manner and recurring in many fictional works. [1] The following list labels some of these stereotypes and provides examples.
A stock character, also known as a character archetype, is a type of character in a narrative (e.g. a novel, play, television show, or film) whom audiences recognize across many narratives or as part of a storytelling tradition or convention.
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Commedia dell'arte characters (2 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Stock characters by theatrical genre" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
John Wilmot, the most infamous of the Restoration rakes. The defining period of the rake was at the court of Charles II in the late seventeenth century. Dubbed the "Merry Gang" by poet Andrew Marvell, their members included King Charles himself, George Villiers, John Wilmot, Charles Sedley, Charles Sackville, and playwrights William Wycherley and George Etherege. [5]
Musical theatre characters (16 C, 34 P) S. ... 10 P, 2 F) Stock characters by theatrical genre (4 C, 2 P) Y. Theatre characters by year of introduction (60 C)
Pages in category "Stock characters in ancient Greek comedy" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Four commedia dell'arte characters, whose costumes and demeanor indicate the stock character roles that they portray in this genre. In fiction, a character is a person or other being in a narrative (such as a novel, play, radio or television series, music, film, or video game).