Scaramouche

Scaramouche One of the stock figures of the French adaptation of the Italian commedia dell'arte, known in Italy as Scaramuccia (Italian for »skirmish«), he is one of the unscrupulous, unreliable, comedic servant / valets that provide diversion through broad comedy. He usually wears a black velvet mask and black hat, shirt, and trousers. Scaramouche is both swashbuckler and windbag. The role was brought to Paris in 1655 by Tibor Fiorillo (d. CA 1694). Darius Milhaud's (1892 – 1974) suite for…