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A [[clown]] are comic performers who employ slapstick or similar types of physical comedy, often in a mime style. Deriving from amcient Greek and Roman theatre, and the zanni of the [[commedia dell'arte]], they are usually associated with the [[circus]], children's parties, parades and  or , or sometimes appear as street performers nowadays.
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A [[clown]] are comic performers who employ slapstick or similar types of physical comedy, often in a mime style. Deriving from amcient Greek and Roman theatre, and the zanni of the ''commedia dell'arte''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commedia_dell%27arte], they are usually associated with the [[circus]], children's parties, parades and  or , or sometimes appear as street performers nowadays.
  
 
Also known as a '''[[jester]]''' is some cases.   
 
Also known as a '''[[jester]]''' is some cases.   
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[[Willie the Clown]]
 
[[Willie the Clown]]
  
Others who have performed as clowns on occasion include [[Bheki Mkhwane]], [[Marc Colli]], [[Ellis Pearson]], [[Tobie Cronje]], [[Jennie Reznek]],
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Others who have performed as clowns on occasion include [[Bheki Mkhwane]], [[Marc Colli]], [[Ellis Pearson]], [[Tobie Cronje]], [[Jennie Reznek]],
 
 
Little Alex (),
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Latest revision as of 10:52, 10 March 2017

A clown are comic performers who employ slapstick or similar types of physical comedy, often in a mime style. Deriving from amcient Greek and Roman theatre, and the zanni of the commedia dell'arte[1], they are usually associated with the circus, children's parties, parades and or , or sometimes appear as street performers nowadays.

Also known as a jester is some cases.

Afrikaans for a clown is nar, hanswors or paljas.


See also Circus and Harlequin

For more on clowns and clowning, see for example Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clown


Clowns as characters in plays and films

A clown may also appear as a character in a play or film, for example Clown and Goose (Anon), Godspell (Webber and Rice), August, August, August (Kohout),

In some cases the may even appear as a threatening figure, e.g. the so called killer clowns.

Well known South African examples of plays and films featuring a clown or clowns are:


Paljas

Famous South African clowns

There have been numerous, but the better known include:


Clicko the Clown

Francesca

Francesco the Clown

Little Alex (Alex Whata)

Spuggy the Clown[2],

Tickey the Clown

Willie the Clown

Others who have performed as clowns on occasion include Bheki Mkhwane, Marc Colli, Ellis Pearson, Tobie Cronje, Jennie Reznek,

Sources

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10236111/Spuggy-the-Clown.html