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Character : Here comes Captain Matamoro! No need being scared of him because in spite of his ferocious, arrogant and authoritarian bearing the Captain is nothing but a braggart and a pathetic coward. He will tell anyone who listens that he can subdue whole armies by himself. He also will tell you that he has faced the enemy in a one to a thousand match without ever a scratch. The truth is that the Captain has never been wounded for the simple fact that he has never been in combat. The Captain is some sort of soldiering Don Juan, a coward, lazy and boisterous chicken-hearted milksop. Costume and Mask : The Captain is dressed as a Spanish soldier and wears an enormous hat with feathers cascading to the side, a doublet, a large belt and a huge dagger. His mask shows him to be menacing and bellicose. He has a long, bulbous nose leading to a handsome moustache. -
Our masks are made of latex, a material that gives softness and comfort as well as resistance. Atelier Pirate masks are very durable and are suitable to be worn by students as part of a theater class in a school, by professional actors on stage or by those looking to stand out at a ball masked or a Larping event. Ideal for : * Theatre, Troop, Commedia Dell’Arte * Masquerade and Halloween Costume * Larp, Cosplay and Costumes -
Character : First “Doctor” does not mean a medical expert. It is a respectful title given to a well-educated person and the Doctor will tell you that there is no one on earth as knowledgeable as he is. He knows it all, has seen it all, he is pedantic and appears impressive, but most often he only exhibits sheer nonsense. In fact, the Doctor is an idiot, a pompous individual. He uses beautiful speeches to ensure that he is invited daily to dinner. The doctor is not only stupid and vain, he is equally a cheat and king of the gluttons. The Doctor is at times a lawyer, a judge, or a minister to some Prince, but rarely is he a medical doctor. He has the reputation of prattling incessantly and talking through his hat. He varnishes his never-ending discourses with dubious Latin citations and absurd maxims. Any attempt to interrupt him is dommed to fail. If perchance he qualifies as a medical doctor, he is more of a quack who prescribes bizarre medicines. On stage his acting is more static than that of Pantalone. It consists of word games and long, meaningless sentences sustained only by the pseudo-gravity of his character. According to the plot, he can either be Pantalone’s rival or his assistant. Costume and Mask : This character is a man in his sixties with an enormous belly and wine-colored cheeks from which arises a large wart. A dark, half-mask covers only his forehead and nose. His nose is rather bulbous and fleshy and often shows warts. It lies between two large, dark moustaches. As do the Bolognese erudite, he wears an ample black frock which reaches down to his knees and above it there is a longer one of the same shade. His coat shows a white bib (often a neck ruff) and his head is covered with a bonnet as worn by notaries, or a wide-brim doctor’s hat. -
Character : First “Doctor” does not mean a medical expert. It is a respectful title given to a well-educated person and the Doctor will tell you that there is no one on earth as knowledgeable as he is. He knows it all, has seen it all, he is pedantic and appears impressive, but most often he only exhibits sheer nonsense. In fact, the Doctor is an idiot, a pompous individual. He uses beautiful speeches to ensure that he is invited daily to dinner. The doctor is not only stupid and vain, he is equally a cheat and king of the gluttons. The Doctor is at times a lawyer, a judge, or a minister to some Prince, but rarely is he a medical doctor. He has the reputation of prattling incessantly and talking through his hat. He varnishes his never-ending discourses with dubious Latin citations and absurd maxims. Any attempt to interrupt him is dommed to fail. If perchance he qualifies as a medical doctor, he is more of a quack who prescribes bizarre medicines. On stage his acting is more static than that of Pantalone. It consists of word games and long, meaningless sentences sustained only by the pseudo-gravity of his character. According to the plot, he can either be Pantalone’s rival or his assistant. Costume and Mask : This character is a man in his sixties with an enormous belly and wine-colored cheeks from which arises a large wart. A dark, half-mask covers only his forehead and nose. His nose is rather bulbous and fleshy and often shows warts. It lies between two large, dark moustaches. As do the Bolognese erudite, he wears an ample black frock which reaches down to his knees and above it there is a longer one of the same shade. His coat shows a white bib (often a neck ruff) and his head is covered with a bonnet as worn by notaries, or a wide-brim doctor’s hat. -
They are the most buffoon characters of the Commedia dell’arte. They make up the larger family of servants and poorest low class country folk who always suffered famines and wars and who came to the city hoping to find a better life. Arlecchino, Brighella, Pulchinello and Pedrolino are among them: they are the servants, gardeners, coachmen, valets, deadwood pickers or simple vendors of cooked apples. They work at hundreds of woeful little trades. That is why they have to remain astute, cunning and smart, having to forever invent new tricks in order to fill both their stomachs and their purses. -
Character : Of an ambivalant nature, loquacious and mumbling, timid and craven, he will sometimes play the old man, sometimes the servant, but he will always play a secondary part. He will thus play the part not of the Doctor but of his assistant or apothecary, not of the Judge but of his magistrate, not of the Notary but his clerk. He may also be a family man but will be of less importance than Pantalone. His main trait is his endless stutter. When he tries to convey his thoughts, the other more alert characters will finish his words or sentences for him and he ends up uttering a completely different concept than he had originally planned. This annoys him to the point of anger and bad humor which he will reveal to the audience in long diatribes. His problem in asserting himself and assuming his rightful place also stems from his blatant clumsiness. For exemple, if he is the Notary clerk, he will inevitably drop rows of documents and will spend the whole scene trying to retrieve them. Tartaglia is also dreadfully myopic which prevents him from enjoying due success and therefore leting all the good deals pass him by. Costume and Mask : He is dressed in a green and yellow stripped suit, with a large felt hat and boots that are way too large for him. His mask makes him look thin and gaunt. He will occasionally wear thick, heavy glasses. -
Character : Brighella is one of the oldest and truest representations of the buffoon servant of Italian repertoire. His name comes from “briga”, quarrelsome. Just like Harlequin, he comes from Bergamo in Lombardy, but he is far more astute since he lives in the “upper” city. He defines himself as follows: “I am famous for the best of treacheries since I invented them all.” Frauds and intrigues are his brand name. Capable of anything, cunning as a fox, impudent with women, ultra brave when he has nothing to fear, thanks to his smooth tongue, his talents as a musician and dancer, and an uncanny ability, Brighella can render multiple services. He finds himself perfectly able to carry out any and all occupations and becomes, in turn, according to the needs of the moment, bar owner, sergeant, clerk or servant. He arranges marriages and manipulates his Masters without scruple. Costume and Mask : He wears a coat and an odd hat in the shape oa a cap, with green tassels. A purse and a dagger hang from his belt. His dark or greenish mask is coarser than Harlequin’s. He sports a large handle-bar moustache. He has prominent eyebrows and deep-set eyes -
Character : A cunning country girl, self-assured yet humble servant or bright soubrette, always impertinent but with a keen wit, Colombina is either the daughter, the wife or the mistress of Pantalone; she can be Pierrot’s friend or a romantic and playful ingenue to Harlequin. Colombina is the best known of the servants. She is the old Pantalone’s housekeeper. She is young and pretty, resourceful, firm and naughty with a quick repartee and easy virtue. She is an incomparable liar and uses treachery to advance her own romances or those of her young Mistresses. Very astute, she leads Harlequin by the nose. Pantalone finds himself enamored by her feminine charm and attempts to court her, inciting Harlequin to jealous fits. Costume and Mask : Colombine occasionally wears a light vest over a multicolored skirt as well as a small white apron. She rarely wears a mask but, if so, it will be a rather feminine but quite ordinary black velvet loup. -
Character : Here comes Captain Matamoro! No need being scared of him because in spite of his ferocious, arrogant and authoritarian bearing the Captain is nothing but a braggart and a pathetic coward. He will tell anyone who listens that he can subdue whole armies by himself. He also will tell you that he has faced the enemy in a one to a thousand match without ever a scratch. The truth is that the Captain has never been wounded for the simple fact that he has never been in combat. The Captain is some sort of soldiering Don Juan, a coward, lazy and boisterous chicken-hearted milksop. Costume and Mask : The Captain is dressed as a Spanish soldier and wears an enormous hat with feathers cascading to the side, a doublet, a large belt and a huge dagger. His mask shows him to be menacing and bellicose. He has a long, bulbous nose leading to a handsome moustache. -
Character : Brighella is one of the oldest and truest representation of the buffoon servant of Italian repertoire. His name comes from “briga”, quarrelsome. Just like Harlequin, he comes from Bergamo in Lombardy, but he is far more astute since he lives in the “upper” city. He defines himself as follows: “I am famous for the best of treacheries since I invented them all.” Frauds, intrigues are his brand name. Capable of anything, cunning as a fox, impudent with women, ultra brave when he has nothing to fear, thanks to his smooth tongue, his talents as a musician and dancer, and an uncanny ability, Brighella can render multiple services. He finds himself perfectly able to carry out any and all occupations and becomes, in turn, according to the needs of the moment, bar owner, sergeant, clerk or servant. He arranges marriages and manipulates his Masters without scruple. Costume and Mask : He wears a coat and an odd hat in the shape oa a cap, with green tassels. A purse and a dagger hang from his belt. His dark or greenish mask is coarser than Harlequin’s. He sports a large handle-bar moustache. He has prominent eyebrows and deep-set eyes -
Character : The glutton hunchback with a falsetto voice can also adopt several roles: valet or servant, baker, landlord, monastery guard, peasant, merchant, soldier, bandit, thief. The fairies which leaned on his crib must have been witches because he has inherited mostly unpleasant traits: he shouts and becomes angry at anything, he is a brutal, vulgar, wicked, greedy robber and liar. His movements are slow and his unkempt appearance turn him into a simpleton, but his mind is sharp, particularly in his repartees as he adresses the audience directly. He is Harlequin’s enemy and a fight is more than likely to erupt every time they meet. This character does not play a large part in dramatic literature. He is much more present in Puppetry. Costume and Mask : He wears a white smock bound at the waist with a string and a pair of equally large white trousers. His typical hat is made in the shape of a white or gray sugarloaf. He never goes without an enormous club. His mask is often greenish or dark red with a large hawkishhook nose and his forehead is striated by prominent warty eyebrows. -
Character : The glutton hunchback with a falsetto voice can also adopt several roles: valet or servant, baker, landlord, monastery guard, peasant, merchant, soldier, bandit, thief. The fairies which leaned on his crib must have been witches because he has inherited mostly unpleasant traits: he shouts and becomes angry at anything, he is a brutal, vulgar, wicked, greedy robber and liar. His movements are slow and his unkempt appearance turn him into a simpleton, but his mind is sharp, particularly in his repartees as he adresses the audience directly. He is Harlequin’s enemy and a fight is more than likely to erupt every time they meet. This character does not play a large part in dramatic literature. He is much more present in Puppetry. Costume and Mask : He wears a white smock bound at the waist with a string and a pair of equally large white trousers. His typical hat is made in the shape of a white or gray sugarloaf. He never goes without an enormous club. His mask is often greenish or dark red with a large hawkishhook nose and his forehead is striated by prominent warty eyebrows.