Comedy theatre characters

Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite (; , ), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy (or more specifically, a farce) by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical theatre roles.

Shakespeare character

New Zealand-based musical comedy duo

traditional British puppet show

thumb Hanswurst or Hans Wurst (German for "Johnny Sausage") was a popular coarse-comic stock character of German-speaking impromptu comedy. He is "a half doltish, half cunning, partly stupid, partly knowing, enterprising and cowardly, self indulgent and merry fellow, who, in accordance with circumstances, accentuated one or other of these characteristics."

Australian fictional character

comic fictional character played by Paul Reubens

German comedy character

comedian

Australian comedian

thumb|Title woodcut of ''Pickelhering's Wedding,'' 1752 Pickelhering or Pickelhäring was the nickname given to the comic stock character or stage buffoon in English comedy troupes that travelled through Germany in the 17th century. The term literally meant "pickled herring".

Mabel Earlene "Madea" Simmons is a character created and portrayed by Tyler Perry. She is presented as a tough, street-smart elderly African-American woman.

Badesalz (literally "bath salt") was a comedy duo from the (West) German state of Hesse, founded in 1982 by Hendrik "Henni" Nachtsheim (born 15 March 1957 in Wuppertal, Germany) and Gerd Knebel (30 March 1953 in Rodgau, Germany - January 24, 2026) as "Badesalz Theater". They sometimes talked with a strong Hessian accent during their performances and sketches.