Pierrot

The Pierrot ( French translation of the Italian name in the diminutive Pedrolino, German: " little Peter " ) is a male stage character who is a mime Jean- Gaspard Deburau in Paris, since 1816, including some from the Pedrolino or the Pagliaccio the commedia dell'arte and Gilles has developed the Paris fairground theater.

History

Figures, which are called Pierrot, there is a French performance since the second half of the 16th century and come from similar masks of the Italian road and fair theater and the Commedia dell'arte of the 15th century who have come through their groups to France. They are similar to Brighella, rival of Harlequin, the Harlequin later. Molière called in his comedy Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre (1665 ), a rural minor character Pierrot. In the Opéra comique Le Tableau parlant (1769 ) by André -Ernest - Modeste Grétry comes a Pierrot ago as a servant. The older Pierrot as a schemer and a spoilsport, there was also in the 19th century ( see for example the Vienna pantomime The victorious Amor 1814 ). His imperious, sometimes unsympathetic page has been preserved in the White Clown Circus.

Deburaus performances at the Théâtre des Funambules on the Boulevard du Temple in Paris, and especially her reflection in the literature of the time, made ​​his figure world famous and the modern epitome of Pierrot. Deburaus Pierrot was not malicious, but rather pitiful, extremely personable and was suitable for lovers roles. He was deliberately naïve and melancholy, white makeup and dressed in white, flowing garments. He was silent, because the theater had no license for speaking pieces. Deburau inherited his character to his son Charles. Became famous 1854 photo taken by Nadar, showing Charles Deburau with a camera.

In Marcel Carnes movie Children of Paradise (1945 ) Jean- Louis Barrault Deburau plays ( in the film as " Baptiste Debureau " [ sic] ) and his Pierrot. Also Barrault colleague Marcel Marceau has leant his character Bip on Deburaus Pierrot.

The Russian singer Aleksandr Vertinsky has invented a black Pierrot. Richard Hirzel from Circus Roncalli at the Pierrot has taken as a model for his character Pic.