Tag: Jesters
Fous et Bouffons: un Etude Physiologique, Psychologique et Historique (Fools & Buffoons: A Physiological, Psychological, and Historical Study)
by Dr. Paul Moreau
It turns out Erasmus is not just the name of a high school in New York City. Apparently before he was a high school — about 500 years before — he was also a famous philosopher.
The standard entry on fools and jesters usually makes mention of Shakespeare’s jester characters, especially the fool in King Lear. It was Robert Armin (c. 1563 – 1615) who first acted the role as a member of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, as well as such similar roles as Touchstone in As You Like It, Feste in Twelfth Night, Lavatch in All’s Well That Ends Well, and perhaps Autolycus in The Winter’s Tale, as well as comic parts in other Elizabethan dramas. In fact, Armin’s joining the company around 1600 is credited by some with Shakespeare’s increased interest in witty jesters.
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