Talk:Pedrolino

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Regarding the notion to mere Pierrot and Pedrolino, I am against it. They're related characters, but not the same. --Sobekneferu 20:35, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

"Pedrolino is the servant of La Signora who is the wife of Pantalone. He is a quiet character who does La Senora's every bidding."

I think this is being too specific to some particular scenario somebody saw. I'm going to take that out.--Sobekneferu 07:18, 6 September 2006 (UTC) Actually, got an idea. I can maybe include it in a new section about examples of Pedrolino's behavior. Trouble is, I have no idea where this La Signora example came from. Can anyone get a citation?--68.35.94.119 19:00, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

• I have to agree that describing Pedrolino as the servant of a specific character can only be done on a scenario by scenario basis. I joined a commedia dell'arte troupe recently and the last time I played Pedrolino, he was the servant of Orazio, the inamorato.IanThal 03:53, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

The character is absolutely the same. Pierrot was created by the Gelosi troupe, and descended from Pedrolino, created by Giovanni Pellesini. In addition, it is a bull to say that Pierrot was more popular than Pedrolino in UK. The Commedia dell'Arte was created by Italians, and during the Renaissance the name of the character in England was Petter (not Pierrot or Pierre) --Jack 00:58, 21 Gennaio 2007 (UTC)