Colombine

Colombine One of the comedic servants, usually the maid to Isabella or any of the leading ladies »le donne innamorate« (women in love), a stock figure in the commedia dell'arte plays. Colombine is known both for her coquetry, enticing roguish valets and accompanying Arlequin, and her ability to turn any situation to her advantage with her keen wit. In Italy, the character is typed a »servetta birichina,« an artful servant-maid. In the French opéra-comique of the 18th century, Colombine was an…