Fool
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...courts of the East, in ancient Greece and Rome, and in the court of Montezuma. The clown or jester was common in Elizabethan drama (e.g., the Fool in King Lear ), and by donning the fools garb the actor gained the freedom of the fool. His...