Pantalone, year 1550, by Maurice Sand Pantalone (French: Pantaloon) is a stock character that is classified as one of the vecchi (old men) in Commedia dell'arte. He is a miserly and often libidinous character who is portrayed as a Venetian and often speaks in the Venetian dialect. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (579x1033, 248 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Pantalone Commedia dellarte ...
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As with the names of many of the characters in Commedia dell'arte, the origins of Pantalone's name are puzzling. The source of the name that is most commonly cited is that it is from the phrase pianta leone or plant the lion. This is a reference to the lion on the crest of Venice and Venice's conquests around the globe where Venetians have literally "planted the lion" flag. Alladyce Nicholl in his Masks, Mimes and Miracles cites two additional Greek sources. Greek author Athenaeus mentions the existence of a clown named πανταλέων or Pantaleon in his Deipnosophistae. Additionally, there is a Greek phrase παντος έλεμων or pantos elemon which may also be a source. Nevertheless, the name Pantalone has provided a source for the English word pantaloons from the distinctive single-piece breeches worn by the character.[1] In heraldry, a crest is a component of a coat of arms. ...
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Description
He traditionally wears a large codpiece to advertise his virility (which everyone around him knows to be long gone) along with a mask with a long hooked nose, a tight red vest, red breeches and stockings, a black cassock, slippers, brimless hat and a money pouch on his belt. Henry VIII wearing a codpiece A codpiece (< Middle English codpece = cod bag, scrotum + pece piece) is a flap or pouch that attaches to the front of the crotch of mens trousers to provide a covering for the genitals. ...
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His knees are bent, pelvis forward and shoulders hunched over to "pretect his money bag". He constantly fiddles with his money to make sure it is all there. He is very forgetfull and so falls into tricks easilly.
In his incipient times he was known as Magnifico (see Il Magnifico) which was the title for wealthy Italian merchants. Lorenzo di Piero de Medici (January 1, 1449 – 8 April 1492) was an Italian statesman and ruler of the Florentine Republic during the height of the Italian Renaissance. ...
He is often cast as the father of one of the innamorati (see Innamorati) and is frequently shown to have some business or personal relationship with Dottore (see Il Dottore) or Capitano (see Il Capitano). Pantalone's plans to profit at the expense of his family and friends are guaranteed to be thwarted by his servants (see Zanni). The senex iratus or heavy father figure is a comic archetype character who belongs to the alazon or impostor group in theater, manifesting himself through his rages and threats, his obsessions and his gullibility. ...
The Innamorati (from the Italian innamorato, lover, the one who is in love) are young lovers, characters of the Commedia dellarte. ...
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He is always old, sometimes a rich miser, sometimes a poor man, sometimes a bachelor, sometimes a father of a family. If he is rich, he is a slave to his money. If he is married, his wife is usually young, often deceiving him. He loves to give advice. Often he is the recipient of blows from his servant. He is always duped by someone.
Lazzi Pantalone has a heart attack and his servant attempts to save him by various means. Pantalone is knocked over and has to be helped up.
In common Italian
References - ^ Nicholl, Allardyce. Masks, Mimes and Miracles. New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1963. p. 253
- Duchartre, Pierre Louis. translated by Randolph T. Weaver. The Italian Comedy. New York: Dover Publications, 1966. ISBN 0-486-21679-9
See Angela Carter's 'The Bloody Chamber' (specific short story, Puss in Boots) for another representation of Pantalone. The interpretation renames him as the character 'Pantaloon', but he follows a very similar description and ends up dead. his animal is the turkey.
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