Maurice Sand in the context of "Harlequin"

⭐ In the context of Harlequin, the character’s initial mischievous qualities and physical agility are most directly inherited from what earlier theatrical tradition?

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⭐ Core Definition: Maurice Sand

Jean-François-Maurice-Arnauld Dudevant, known as Baron Dudevant but better known by the pseudonym Maurice Sand (30 June 1823 – 4 September 1889), was a French writer, artist and entomologist. He studied art under Eugène Delacroix and also experimented in various other subjects, including geology and biology.

He was the elder child and only son of George Sand, a French novelist and feminist, and her husband, Baron François Casimir Dudevant. In addition to his numerous novels, he is best remembered for his monumental study of commedia dell'arte – Masques et bouffons (comédie italienne), 1860.

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👉 Maurice Sand in the context of Harlequin

Harlequin (/ˈhɑːrləkwɪn/, Italian: Arlecchino, Italian: [arlekˈkiːno]; Lombard: Arlechin, Lombard: [arleˈki]) is the best-known of the comic servant characters (Zanni) from the Italian commedia dell'arte, associated with the city of Bergamo. The role is traditionally believed to have been introduced by the Italian actor-manager Zan Ganassa in the late 16th century, was definitively popularized by the Italian actor Tristano Martinelli in Paris in 1584–1585, and became a stock character after Martinelli's death in 1630.

The Harlequin is characterised by his checkered costume. His role is that of a light-hearted, nimble, and astute servant, often acting to thwart the plans of his master, and pursuing his own love interest, Columbine, with wit and resourcefulness, often competing with the sterner and melancholic Pierrot. He later develops into a prototype of the romantic hero. Harlequin inherits his physical agility and his trickster qualities, as well as his name, from a mischievous "devil" character in medieval Passion Plays.

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Maurice Sand in the context of Pantalone

Pantalone (Italian: [pantaˈloːne]), spelled Pantaloon in English, is one of the most important principal characters found in commedia dell'arte. With his exceptional greed and status at the top of the social order, Pantalone is "money" in the commedia world. His full name, including family name, is Pantalon de' Bisognosi, Italian for 'Pantalone of the Needy'.

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Maurice Sand in the context of Isabella (commedia dell'arte)

Isabella is a stock character used in commedia dell'arte, in the class of innamorata (female lover). In the commedia dell'arte, the relationship of the innamorati, or lovers, is often threatened by the vecchi (old men) characters, but they are reunited in the end. In his 1929 book The Italian Comedy, Pierre Louis Duchartre writes that Isabella changed from being mainly tender and loving in the 16th century to a more flirtatious and strong-willed woman with a "lively, picturesque wit" by the end of the 17th century.

Although actress Vittoria degli Amorevoli also played an innamoratta named Isabella in the 16th century, the character Isabella is named to honour the actress and writer Isabella Andreini of the commedia troupe I Gelosi, who popularized the role. Later, Isabella was played by Françoise Biancolelli of the Biancolelli acting family.

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Maurice Sand in the context of Casimir Dudevant

François Casimir Dudevant (6 July 1795 – 8 March 1871) was the illegitimate son of Baron Jean-François Dudevant (1754–1826), a French military officer, and his mistress Augustine Soulé.

On 10 December 1822, Dudevant married Aurore Dupin, who became well known as an author using the name George Sand. Before separating in 1830, they had two children: Maurice (1823–1889) and Solange (1828–1899), who married the artist Auguste Clésinger in 1847.

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LINKED FROM (PARENTS)
← Harlequin ← Pantalone ← Isabella (commedia dell'arte) ← Casimir Dudevant
LINKS TO (CHILDREN)
Pseudonym → Entomologist → Eugène Delacroix → Geology → Biology → George Sand → Casimir Dudevant → Commedia dell'arte →