[Image: Le Mime Debureau : 'Pierrot Voleur', par Nadar, 1854]

The character of Pierrot comes to us from antiquity. Some sources trace his existence back 4000 years to present day Turkey in Asia Minor. He is, perhaps, most well-known as a stock character from the Italian Commedia dell’arte. He is the ‘son of the moon’; a white-faced, sad ( Read more... )