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vixen Started conversation Jun 20, 2001
do I know this person I wonder? asks the vixen.
behind the mask , and chequered past !!! well sir I believe I do.
I have to say I haven't got a clue what I am doing here yet, I am just fumbling my way around.
If anyone has an idiots guide to h2g2, please send it to me !!
love Vix
harlequin huh?
Harlequin {Keeper of Contradictions, Ambiguity and Things You Shouldn't Ask But Do} Posted Jun 20, 2001
Hi Babe,
So you finally got your lazy ass together and did something on here ?
Good to hear from you 
harlequin huh?
Emily...overly fond of the ellipsis...and top ten lists...submit yours @ A87824361... Posted Jun 20, 2001
Hey Vix if your having problems check out this page I made up it might give you a bit of a hand
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A562303
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Arlecchino (school gets in the way) Posted Jun 20, 2001
And I thought I was the only Zanni online. There's only room for one Harlequin!
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Harlequin {Keeper of Contradictions, Ambiguity and Things You Shouldn't Ask But Do} Posted Jun 20, 2001
I'm from the English branch of the family
I believe we have a mutual friend... Pierrot ?
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Arlecchino (school gets in the way) Posted Jun 20, 2001
Silly little man. Keeps talking about his little grey cells.
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Harlequin {Keeper of Contradictions, Ambiguity and Things You Shouldn't Ask But Do} Posted Jun 20, 2001
Oh Very good.....
Love to Columbina and the zannini's
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Emily...overly fond of the ellipsis...and top ten lists...submit yours @ A87824361... Posted Jun 21, 2001
huh
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Arlecchino (school gets in the way) Posted Jun 21, 2001
"Arlecchino" is the Italian orgin of the word "Harlequin".
Harlequin and I are discussing harlequin stuff.
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Emily...overly fond of the ellipsis...and top ten lists...submit yours @ A87824361... Posted Jun 21, 2001
Ok I'll shut up and listen
Em
Harlequin {Keeper of Contradictions, Ambiguity and Things You Shouldn't Ask But Do} Posted Jun 21, 2001
At some point one of us will write an article about us, but in the short term....
Harlequin/Arlecchino are 'zanni' supporting (yeah right !) characters within the framework of the 'commedia del'arte' (Comedy of the artists) basicly strolling players who perform using a set of stock characters, only the stories change.
Other characters and derivations are: Pierrot (Harlequin's partner/friend) Columbine (A lady's maid and Harlequin's one true love) Scaramouche (A soldier/come braggart - think 'Falstaff' from Shakespeare), Punchinello (as in Punch and Judy) and many more.
so basicly what I said was 'say Hi to the wife and kids'
Em
Emily...overly fond of the ellipsis...and top ten lists...submit yours @ A87824361... Posted Jun 22, 2001
Falstaff...Shakespeare now that's something I can talk about!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A335657
Em
Arlecchino (school gets in the way) Posted Jun 22, 2001
Harlequin, there is an existant article on Commedia dell' Arte. It's brief but it does get all the main points. I was going to write one, but then I found the existing one. Oh well.
Yes, Shakespear took a good deal from Commedia, just as he took a good deal from the Romans and Greeks.
More recently, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" is a musical based on early Roman Comedy (Plautus), but which comes off as basically a Commedia setup. Pseudolus=Arlecchino, Hysterium=othe Zanni, Hero and Philia=Octavius and Angelica (or other lovers), etc.
Em
Harlequin {Keeper of Contradictions, Ambiguity and Things You Shouldn't Ask But Do} Posted Jun 22, 2001
It would appear that the basic panorama of commedia has proved a lasting framework.... Romeo and Juliet being the prime example.
The basic scenario of two opposed or socially different families, their friends etc, etc, star-crossed lovers, convoluted and circular plots, and all the other trimmings, could be applied to a vast array of modern theatre, film and literature.
I must admit to have only scratched the surface, but a friend once described me as 'Harlequin' and it sort of stuck. Still wonder if it was a compliment or not.
Harlequin
Arlecchino (school gets in the way) Posted Jun 23, 2001
I'm not sure whether it was a compliment or not. The character has many qualities, attractive and otherwise.
Harlequin
Harlequin {Keeper of Contradictions, Ambiguity and Things You Shouldn't Ask But Do} Posted Jun 23, 2001
Yeah that's what worries me... the juries still out on that
Harlequin
Arlecchino (school gets in the way) Posted Jun 25, 2001
That's the ticket. Keep the jury out, and don't feed 'em 'til they return a verdict you like!
Harlequin
Emily...overly fond of the ellipsis...and top ten lists...submit yours @ A87824361... Posted Apr 18, 2002
Have juries turned into fish now?
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- 1: vixen (Jun 20, 2001)
- 2: Harlequin {Keeper of Contradictions, Ambiguity and Things You Shouldn't Ask But Do} (Jun 20, 2001)
- 3: Emily...overly fond of the ellipsis...and top ten lists...submit yours @ A87824361... (Jun 20, 2001)
- 4: Arlecchino (school gets in the way) (Jun 20, 2001)
- 5: Harlequin {Keeper of Contradictions, Ambiguity and Things You Shouldn't Ask But Do} (Jun 20, 2001)
- 6: Arlecchino (school gets in the way) (Jun 20, 2001)
- 7: Harlequin {Keeper of Contradictions, Ambiguity and Things You Shouldn't Ask But Do} (Jun 20, 2001)
- 8: Emily...overly fond of the ellipsis...and top ten lists...submit yours @ A87824361... (Jun 21, 2001)
- 9: Arlecchino (school gets in the way) (Jun 21, 2001)
- 10: Emily...overly fond of the ellipsis...and top ten lists...submit yours @ A87824361... (Jun 21, 2001)
- 11: Harlequin {Keeper of Contradictions, Ambiguity and Things You Shouldn't Ask But Do} (Jun 21, 2001)
- 12: Emily...overly fond of the ellipsis...and top ten lists...submit yours @ A87824361... (Jun 22, 2001)
- 13: Arlecchino (school gets in the way) (Jun 22, 2001)
- 14: Harlequin {Keeper of Contradictions, Ambiguity and Things You Shouldn't Ask But Do} (Jun 22, 2001)
- 15: Arlecchino (school gets in the way) (Jun 23, 2001)
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- 17: Arlecchino (school gets in the way) (Jun 25, 2001)
- 18: Emily...overly fond of the ellipsis...and top ten lists...submit yours @ A87824361... (Apr 18, 2002)
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