Clowning

thumb|330px|Bergamesca ('The Buffens'), Straloch MS., c. 1600 . thumb|330px|Bergamesca variant, MS. Lute Book, c. 1600 .

2016 concert series by Madonna

thumb|An 1890 bookcover showing the harlequinade characters Harlequinade is an English comic theatrical genre, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "that part of a pantomime in which the harlequin and clown play the principal parts". It developed in England between the 17th and mid-19th centuries. It was originally a slapstick adaptation or variant of the ''commedia dell'arte'', which originated in Italy and reached its apogee there in the 16th and 17th centuries. The story of the Harlequinade revolves around a comic incident in the lives of its five main characters: Harlequin, who love

program in health care facilities involving visits from specially trained clowns

XX century villa in Imperia, Italy