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Scaramouche (French:) or Scaramouch (English: / ˈ s k ær ə m uː (t) ʃ,-m aʊ tʃ /; Italian: Scaramuccia [skaraˈmuttʃa]; lit. ' little skirmisher ' ) is a stock clown character of the 16th-century commedia dell'arte (comic theatrical arts of Italian literature ).
Scaramouche is a historical novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1921. A romantic adventure , Scaramouche tells the story of a young lawyer during the French Revolution . [ 1 ] In the course of his adventures, he becomes an actor portraying Scaramouche (a roguish buffoon character in the commedia dell'arte ).
Rafael Sabatini (29 April 1875 – 13 February 1950) was an Italian-born British writer of romance and adventure novels. [1]He is best known for his worldwide bestsellers: The Sea Hawk (1915), Scaramouche (1921), Captain Blood (a.k.a. Captain Blood: His Odyssey) (1922), and Bellarion the Fortunate (1926).
Scaramouche, Op. 71, is a tragic ballet-pantomime in two acts—comprising 21 scenes—written from 1912 to 1913 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.The project, which was a collaboration with the Danish playwright Poul Knudsen, caused Sibelius great anguish—primarily because he had not understood that, when signing the commissioning contract, he was committing himself to the composition ...
There are a few good reasons why the Wanderer's Vision is Anemo instead of Electro, rooted in character development, known trends among vision users, and Japanese mythology.
A stage musical, Scaramouche - The Zany Commedia Musical, with book, lyrics and music by Stephen Lanigan-O'Keeffe, was premiered in Hoxton Hall, London, UK in 2007 and revised and restaged in 2011. The musical is a fusion of musical theatre and commedia dell'arte practices and treats Fiorillo's life and career as a parable on celebrity culture.
As a boy he was known as Janne, a colloquial form of Johan. However, during his student years, he adopted the French form Jean , inspired by the business card of his deceased seafaring uncle. Thereafter he became known as Jean Sibelius.
Scaramouche, a suite for two pianos (later arranged for other combinations) by Darius Milhaud Scaramouche, a character in the musical We Will Rock You based on the music of British rock band Queen Scaramouche the Merciless, a character in Samurai Jack that is based on Sammy Davis Jr.