![]() The Russian has developed a fanatic admiration for Kurtz. In the novel Heart of Darkness the character of Marlowe meets a Russian wanderer whose clothes have been made from patches of various garments sewn together, giving him the appearance of a harlequin. The Photojournalist from Apocalypse Now is often seen as a harlequin figure.Timothy Claypole, character in the BBC children's television comedy programme Rentaghost of the 1970s/80s, was a jester (played by Michael Staniforth).His character was actually incapacitated early in the plot, and is never heard from again, but a member of an underground group, Hubert Hawkins, played by Danny Kaye, assumes Giacomo's identity in order to get into the King's castle. Giacomo "King of Jesters, and Jester of Kings" was a famous traveling jester in the 1956 film musical The Court Jester.Michael Surrey served as the supervising animator for Clopin. He introduces the audience as a jester to the story, explaining how Quasimodo, the bell ringer from Notre Dame, got to be there. Clopin, mischievous leader of the gypsies who will defend his people at all costs in the film The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film).Heartless, novel by Marissa Meyer has a character Jest who is a fool/jester and magician in Wonderland, the Rook of Chess.Till Eulenspiegel, impudent trickster figure originating in Middle Low German folklore."Bear", Jester on Crispin: Cross of Lead.Rigoletto, Duke of Mantua's jester in Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto.The Jester is a central character in many of the plays of Dario Fo.The Queen's Fool, novel by Philippa Gregory, centers around the life of a young "holy fool" named Hannah, who happens to work with and befriend William Sommers (Will), the former fool/jester of King Henry VIII.The Fool, court jester in Robin Hobb's The Realm of the Elderlings books.The Jester, 2003 novel by James Patterson and Andrew Gross.The anarchic Jerry Cornelius, often shown as a jester figure.Mr Harley Quin, in the Agatha Christie collection The Mysterious Mr Quin is a modernised version of the " wise fool" who helps others see the truth.Towser, jester to King John the Presbyter in Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams.Hop-Frog, in the eponymous short story by Edgar Allan Poe. ![]()
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