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rcad Loyal user St-Eustache 211 Posts |
Hi all,
To your knowledge, has anybody ever impersonated Arlequin as a magician? Or a Joker? Richard
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Todd Robbins V.I.P. New York 2922 Posts |
Back in the 1930s, magician Dai Vernon did a Harlequin act. It was a silent stage act that he performed around NY including the famous Rainbow Room.
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rcad Loyal user St-Eustache 211 Posts |
Thanks Todd!
I'll search for some information on that act then... I think I could have fun with a Joker character but at the same time, I don't want to look too much like Batman's Joker. That's why I'm researching the roots of that character to start from scratch... Richard
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24312 Posts |
Dai Vernon's Harlequin Act was one of the few real failures that the Professor endured. He was booked to perform a stand-up silent act by Frances Rockefeller King. The Professor talked about it on occasion. That was the act that he worked out the Ball, Cone and Handkerchief for, if I am not mistaken.
The part that caused the failure of the act was that Dai had an ending that involved the changing of a coconut into a monkey. The monkey would climb up into the light fixtures and "misbehave." The Professor described this in rather colorful terms.
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enchantress New user The Golden State 12 Posts |
Never perform with a monkey. Not only will they get all the laughs, they will fling poo at you if they don't like your routine.
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fettucinibrother Veteran user North Carolina 306 Posts |
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On 2004-02-24 19:35, rcad wrote: Richard, You should go all the way back to "commedia del arte" if you want to learn the history of "Arlecchino" or the "Harlequin" character. I worked/performed with a Commedia troupe for a short spell. Very intertesting artform, and the beginning or birth of many standard comedy characters that live on today in various modern forms... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commedia_dell'arte http://www.commedia-dell-arte.com/ AL
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