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  • Its set of farcical stock characters, such as the violent trickster Pulcinella, the avaricious Pantalone and the hyperbolic, obsessed young lovers, trace their origins to Ancient Roman theater.

    The Masked Charms of Venice's Carnival Francis X. Rocca 2011

  • Although Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong said it was a “a slap in the face to Torontonians,” deputy mayor Joe Pantalone suggested in was a slightly more complicated picture, with City spokesman Kevin Sack saying these type of agreements were standard.

    Controversy Continues, Even after Strike Resolution : Law is Cool 2009

  • The groups came together in pantomime around Pantalone and Brighella, while developing their own individual themes.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Eric Dickens 2009

  • Pantalone danced with boundless enticement, while Brighella was unstoppable.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Eric Dickens 2009

  • Pantalone became ever more insistent, ever more obsessive in his movements.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Eric Dickens 2009

  • And at that same moment Pantalone emerged, accompanied by Brighella who was dressed like a shepherdess.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Eric Dickens 2009

  • In August 2006, he was caught in an Italian amateur race with a license made out to "Francesco del Ponte" a badly Italianized version of his name, "del Pantalone" being correct and bearing a photo of the world champion, Tom Boonen.

    Bite Your Tongue: Roadie Rage, and How to Avoid It BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • Pierre Alborghetti, who remained thin and supple to his dying day, played Pantalone, the miser, and his best friend Fabio Materazzi Il Dottore, who at 72 was still a bachelor, nobly saved his widow from a miserable life alone.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Young Geoffrion 2007

  • I suspect Doctor Fluxus of plotting to avenge herself upon Pantalone, and Pantalone of being too much attached to the fee I have promised him to leave us.

    New Stage Manager Young Geoffrion 2007

  • I suspect Doctor Fluxus of plotting to avenge herself upon Pantalone, and Pantalone of being too much attached to the fee I have promised him to leave us.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Young Geoffrion 2007

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