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The Gravediggers (or Clowns) are examples of Shakespearean fools (also known as clowns or jesters), a recurring type of character in Shakespeare's plays. Like most Shakespearean fools, the Gravediggers are peasants or commoners that use their great wit and intellect to get the better of their superiors, other people of higher social status, and each other.
The poem was then seen as a story in the 1910s, again, with the performer called 'Grimaldi', [49] and again from the 1930s, [50] featuring a clown called 'Grock', suggested as being the Swiss clown Charles Adrien Wettach. Alan Moore's 1987 graphic novel Watchmen includes the character of Rorschach telling the story and naming the clown as ...
The Clown delivers some pigeons, and letters from Titus Andronicus, to Saturninus. He is hanged for his pains. The Clown delivers a poisonous asp to Cleopatra in a basket of figs, in Antony and Cleopatra. The Clown, also identified as "Pompey" is a servant to Mistress Overdone in Measure for Measure. For the two clowns in Hamlet see "Gravedigger".
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Frenchy the Clown – character of the national lampoon comic Evil clown comics series. Fun Gus the Laughing Clown - cursed character in the cosmic/folk horror novel, "The Cursed Earth" by D.T. Neal (Nosetouch Press, 2022). The Ghost Clown – evil hypnotist clown featured in the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode titled "Bedlam in the Big Top"
Cultural references to Pierrot have been made since the inception of the character in the 17th century. His character in contemporary popular culture — in poetry, fiction, and the visual arts, as well as works for the stage, screen, and concert hall — is that of the sad clown, often pining for love of Columbine, who usually breaks his heart and leaves him for Harlequin.
The most prevalent character clown in the American circus is the tramp or hobo clown with a thick five-o'clock shadow and wearing shabby, crumpled garments. When working in a traditional trio situation, the character clown will play "contre-auguste" (a second, less wild auguste), siding with either the white or red clown.