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| British actor John Laurie appears in costume as Feste the Fool in a 1932 production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. In traditional theater, the fool typically stood outside the action of the drama, making witty asides about the events onstage. The fool’s costume was boldly colored, and the hood was often adorned with bells and horns. Laurie holds a marotte, a staff with a small puppet resembling the fool himself at one end. | ||||||
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| Twelfth Night (play); Comedy; Clown | ||||||
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