Stock character of pantomime and commedia dell'arte
Pierrot ( PEER-oh, US also PEE-ə-roh, PEE-ə-ROH; French: [pjɛʁo] ), a stock character of pantomime and commedia dell'arte, has his origins in the late 17th-century Italian troupe of players performing in Paris and known as the Comédie-Italienne. The name is a diminutive of Pierre (Peter), using the suffix -ot and derives from the Italian Pedrolino.
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Pierrot ( PEER-oh, US also PEE-ə-roh, PEE-ə-ROH; French: [pjɛʁo] ), a stock character of pantomime and commedia dell'arte, has his origins in the late 17th-century Italian troupe of players performing in Paris and known as the Comédie-Italienne. The name is a diminutive of Pierre (Peter), using the suffix -ot and derives from the Italian Pedrolino.
