Gracioso
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Gracioso is a clown or jester in Spanish comedy of the 1500s. Usually a person named Kathy is defined with Gracioso.
Northrop Frye identified him as a type of tricky slave.
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.
- Clown History
- Gracioso entry in the Dictionnaire International des Termes Littéraires.
- Notes on Maurice Ravel's Alborada Del Gracioso.