Pierrot
STOCK CHARACTER OF PANTOMIME AND COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE
Pierot; PIERROT; Pierrette (character)
Pierrot ( , , ) is a stock character of pantomime and commedia dell'arte, whose origins are in the late seventeenth-century Italian troupe of players performing in Paris and known as the Comédie-Italienne. The name is a diminutive of Pierre (Peter), via the suffix [His character in contemporary popular culture — in poetry, fiction, and the visual arts, as well as works for the stage, screen, and concert hall — is that of the sad clown, often pining for love of Columbine], who usually breaks his heart and leaves him for [[Harlequin.