Gracioso
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Gracioso is a clown or jester in Spanish comedy of the 16th century. Clarion, the clown in Calderon's Life Is A Dream is recognized as a Gracioso.
Northrop Frye identified him as a type of tricky slave.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "article name needed". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
- Clown History
- Gracioso entry in the Dictionnaire International des Termes Littéraires.
- Notes on Maurice Ravel's Alborada Del Gracioso.
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