Costumes in commedia dell'arte skirts were of different colors. Scaramouche wore black clothes without a mask. Defiant eyebrows and a powdered face accompanied the large black mustache. He had a white collar, and a large loose hat that hung down over his neck. Tartaglia wore a black hat and very thick glasses. Rosetta was Pulcinella's maid or wife, who wore a dress with patches, like the early Arrlechino. Trivelino was a Zanni who dressed in the Arlecchino fashion. Costumes in commedia dell'arte Each character in Commedia dell'arte is distinctly different, and defined by their movement, actions, masks, and costumes. These costumes show their social
Jim Crow (character) Jim Crow (character) The Jim Crow persona was a theater character by Thomas D. Rice and an ethnic depiction in accordance with contemporary white ideas of African-Americans and their culture. The character was based on a folk trickster named Jim Crow that was long popular among black slaves. Rice also adapted and popularized a traditional slave song called "Jump Jim Crow" (1828). The character dressed in rags, battered hat and torn shoes. Rice blackened his face and hands using burnt cork and impersonated a very nimble and irreverently witty African American field hand who sang, ""Come listen all you galls