Title: Scaramouche
A roguish clown character of the Italian commedia dell'arte who wears a black mask and, sometimes, glasses.
He entertains the audience by his "grimaces and affected language".
Salvator Rosa says that Coviello (like Scaramouche) is "sly, adroit, supple, and conceited".
In Molière's The Bourgeois Gentleman, Coviello disguises his master as a Turk and pretends to speak Turkish.
Both Scaramouche and Coviello can be clever or stupid—as the actor sees fit to portray him.
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Artist: Doug Panton
