"The Harlequin Studies," is no theatrical groundbreaker. It is, however, a touching tribute to the traditions of clowning, whose roots go back to the commedia dell'arte troupes of the 15th century.

"Harlequin: Servant of Two Masters," which opens Friday at Franklin & Marshall College's Green Room Theatre, is a classic Italian play based on the stock characters of Commedia dell' Arte.

Commedia dell’arte can be traced back to ... Italy looking up at the brightly colored diamond-patterned garb of the Harlequin, we too are gripped and guffaw at the gang comprising Henson ...

The old commedia dell’arte, the drama hat set the patterns for Harlequin, Columbine, Pierrot and Pantaloon, is a favorite subject for romantic poets, water color painters, and lecturers on The ...

“Harlequin, Refined by Love” was an unlikely choice of play for a budding director: Written in 1720 by Pierre de Marivaux, a master of romantic comedy, it taps heavily into the commedia dell ...

Harlequin Unmasked promises an exhibition at Toronto's Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art that features porcelain figures of characters from the Italian commedia dell'arte. It seems like a good title ...

Channeling the Harlequin character of Commedia dell'Arte, Criss not only stunned in his multicolored checkered blazer, he carried a campy makeup look that seriously made us stop and stare.