Gracioso

The gracioso (pronounced: [ɡɾaˈθjoso]) is a clown or jester in Spanish comedy of the 16th century. Clarín, the clown in Pedro Calderón de la Barca's Life is a dream is recognized as a gracioso.

Northrop Frye identified him as a type of tricky slave.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Gracioso". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
Clown History
Gracioso entry in the Dictionnaire International des Termes Littéraires.
Notes on Maurice Ravel's Alborada Del Gracioso.

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