1) Antics 2) Buffoonery 3) Clowning 4) Prank
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1) British play 2) Buffoonery 3) Clowning 4) Craziness 5) Folly 6) Foolery 7) Frivolity 8) Indulgence 9) Lunacy 10) Play by Terence Rattigan 11) Prank 12) Tomfoolery
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Harlequinade is a British comic theatrical genre, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as `that part of a pantomime in which the harlequin and clown play the principal parts`. It developed in England between the 17th and mid-19th centuries. It was originally a slapstick adaptation or variant of the Commedia dell`arte, which originated in It......
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• (n.) A play or part of play in which the harlequin is conspicuous; the part of a harlequin.
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play or scene, usually in pantomime, in which Harlequin, a male character, has the principal role. Derived from the Italian commedia dell`arte, ...
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Entertainment popular in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries, in which the principal characters were derived from the Italian
commedia dell'arte. The story followed a set pattern, with the...
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Har'le·quin·ade` (-ād`)
noun [ French
arlequinade .] A play or part of a play in which the harlequin is conspicuous; the part of a harlequin.
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Entertainment popular in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries, in which the principal characters were derived from the Italian commedia dell'arte. The story followed a set pattern, with the frantic pursuit of the eloping lovers Harlequin and Columbine by the father or guardian Pantaloon and his servant Pierrot. The genre was a combination of ...
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