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    Brighella (Bergamasque dialect: Brighèla) is a comic, masked character from the Italian theatre style commedia dell'arte. His early costume consisted...
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    servants, clowns; characters such as Arlecchino (also known as Harlequin), Brighella, Scapino, Pulcinella and Pedrolino Vecchi: wealthy old men, masters; characters...
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    a variation of character Brighella (associated to the city of Bergamo, and sometimes also to Milan), or even as Brighella's brother. Beltrame has inspired...
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    and is considered by Duchartre to be a variant on the stock character Brighella. His name means "Half-Measure (of liquor)" in Medieval Italian, and he...
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    Arlecchino, Pulcinella, Mezzettino and Truffaldino, as well as Beltrame and Brighella. Arlecchino, for example, was more representative of a jester than an...
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    general. Polichinelle caricature, France Puppet theater with Gioppino and Brighella, Bergamo Italy Traditional puppets from Liège, Belgium There is a long...
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    early Brighella's, white with a tabaro and a sword on his belt, and topped with a torn hat adorned with feathers. He is in fact a variant on Brighella, more...
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    clown known as Arlecchino (or his predecessor, Zanni) and his partner Brighella, who bear a striking resemblance to Stephano and Trinculo; a lecherous...
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    Salome (S4C and BBC Broadcast), Liberto in L'incoronazione di Poppea, Brighella in Ariadne auf Naxos and Alfred in Die Fledermaus. He made his debut at...
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    Mother Courage and Her Children Eilif / Medic The Servant of Two Masters Brighella 1998–1999 Romeo and Juliet Peter Professor Bernhardi Hochroitzpointner...
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