Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Unclipped (30s) Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Laminated pictorial dust jacket over clean blue cloth, bright titles to spine. 17 Black and white (on 8 plates) and 5 colour photographs throughout 208 pages, top edge dyed. Some foxing spots to prelims and leading text block edge. The history and representation of the sad clown of the commedia dell'arte, always in love with Columbine who always leaves him for Harlequin;

Throughout the centuries, Pierrot and his companions - Pantaloon, the Captain (Scaramouche), the Doctor, Pulcinella (Punch), Harlequin, Brighella, Colombine - progressed as continually recognisable personalities against shifting social circumstances. Pierrot's drama can be seen as an illustration of the whole of the human comedy, with striking parallels in our contemporary world. Folklore and dramatic social history in one.

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