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Will almost always haggle over money and often brags of his travels.

 

Physical Appearance:  He is grande, even gradissimo.  His huge size is in direct opposition to Pantalone.  

 

Props:  Nearly always carries a white handkerchief.  

 

Stance:  Weight back on heels, belly forward, hands gesturing in front.

 

Walk:  Walks peripatetically in figures of eight, using tiny, minicing steps.  His walking posutre descends while he thinks (out loud) and rises up again on the solution of the problem.  

 

Speech:  Like a trombone.  Pronounces 's' as 'sh'

 

Animal Spirit:  Pig

 

 

Il Dottore

Work Cited

Comedia dell'Arte           by John Rudlin           Publ. Routledge Group

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