1) Clown of old German comedy 2) Comedy character
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Hanswurst was a popular coarse-comic figure of German-speaking impromptu comedy. He is `a half doltish half cunning partly stupid partly knowing enterprising and cowardly self indulgent and merry fellow who in accordance with circumstances accentuated one or other of these characteristics.` Through the 16th and 17th centuries, he was a buffoon c.....
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(from the article `Stranitzky, Joseph Anton`) Stranitzky`s success rested in large part on his portrayal of Hanswurst, the sly, knowing, Viennese servant character he adopted and modified to ...
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Hanswurst is the name of a standing comic character on the older German stage, corresponding in its grotesque traits and mirth-making qualities to the English clown or Italian harlequin. The name is equivalent to the Jack Pudding of England.
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