As Bente Videbaek points out in his book on Shakespearean clowns, the Bard used clowns to teach, guide and mediate, becoming a significant tool for interpreting to the audience the significance of the action (Nadon 332). Shakespeare employed characters that were obviously clowns, Falstaff, the fool from King Lear, Bottom in Midsummer Night’s Dream. There are also characte

For example, there is an extraordinary scene between Desdemona, Emilia and the Clown, which follows the scene in which Orthello demands that Iago prove that his "love is a whore" (Barlow 6). In the first twenty-two lines of the following scene, the Clown makes "comic capital" out of now knowing where Cassio lives (Barlow 6).

Des. Seek him, bid him come-hither. Tell him I have moved my Lord on his behalf, and hope all will be well.

Robert Armin possessed more subtlety in his style as a comedian then did Kemp. Shakespearean scholars believe that he possibly played. The parts of Amiens in As You Like It, Feste in Twelfth Night and the Fool in King Lear (William Kemp). Among his other talents, Armin was also a writer-his works include three "jest-books"-Phantasma, the Italian Tailor and his Boy; Quipos upon Questions, a Nest of Ninnies, and a play, The Two Maids of Moreclacke (William Kemp). Obviously an articulate man with a sophisticated wit, Shakespeare may have toned down the broad humor in these characters to fit with Armin's overall style.

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