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Scaramouche (French:) or Scaramouch (English: / ˈ s k ær ə m uː (t) ʃ,-m aʊ tʃ /; from Italian Scaramuccia [skaraˈmuttʃa]; lit. ' little skirmisher ' ) is a stock clown character of the 16th-century commedia dell'arte (comic theatrical arts of Italian literature ).
Scaramouche is a historical novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1921. A romantic adventure , Scaramouche tells the story of a young lawyer during the French Revolution . [ 1 ] In the course of his adventures, he becomes an actor portraying Scaramouche (a roguish buffoon character in the commedia dell'arte ).
Simba (voiced by Matthew Broderick as adult Simba in the films; Jonathan Taylor Thomas as a cub in The Lion King; Matt Weinberg as a cub in The Lion King 1½; Cam Clarke in Timon & Pumbaa and Kingdom Hearts II, as well as his singing voice in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride; Rob Lowe in The Lion Guard; Donald Glover in the 2019 film and JD McCrary as a cub in the 2019 film) is the main ...
Before the Monkey King can lift the mountain off, the Buddha seals him there, using a paper talisman bearing the mantra, Om Mani Padme Hum, in gold letters. The Monkey King remains imprisoned in stocks for five hundred years to 'learn patience and humility,' [citation needed] with only his head and hands protruding from the base of the mountain ...
Scaramouche, Op. 71, is a tragic ballet-pantomime in two acts—comprising 21 scenes—written from 1912 to 1913 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.The project, which was a collaboration with the Danish playwright Poul Knudsen, caused Sibelius great anguish—primarily because he had not understood that, when signing the commissioning contract, he was committing himself to the composition ...
The Wandering Jew (occasionally referred to as the Eternal Jew, a calque from German "der Ewige Jude") is a mythical immortal man whose legend began to spread in Europe in the 13th century. [ a] In the original legend, a Jew who taunted Jesus on the way to the Crucifixion was then cursed to walk the Earth until the Second Coming.
Metacomet. Metacomet (1638 – August 12, 1676), also known as Pometacom, [ 1]: 205 Metacom, and by his adopted English name King Philip, [ 2] was sachem (elected chief) to the Wampanoag people and the second son of the sachem Massasoit. His older brother Wamsutta (or King Alexander) briefly became sachem after their father's death in 1661.
Piedra Herrada, Mexico. The monarch butterfly or simply monarch ( Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly ( subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae. [ 6] Other common names, depending on region, include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black-veined brown. [ 7] It is among the most familiar of North American butterflies and an ...