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Scaramuccia
Scaramuccia, also known as Scaramouche, is a roguish commedia dell'arte character who wears a black velvet mask and black trousers, shirt and hat. The hero of Rafael Sabatini's historical novel Scaramouche, later made into a film, is a similar swashbuckling character who goes incognito in the theatrical role of Scaramouche.
Quotation
- "He was born with the gift of laughter, and a sense that the world was mad." – opening sentence of Rafael Sabatini's Scaramouche.
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