Fancies himself very well-learned but us in fact a loquacious and pretentious fool. The comedic use of the sound ‘doh!’ has become an iconic part of modern society. Johan (being a crude but witty and good-hearted bricklayer) is a good example of a Sandrone. Dottore was a pedant and was always from Bologna. In Commedia their are certain stock characters. Such as the pantelone, dottore, Isabella or the zanni. He wears a mask over half of his face that highlights his bulbous nose. PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: He is grandiose; a huge character, he makes up for in pomposity what he lacks in intelligence. This TV show has many examples of modern commedia in it. One of the earliest of the commedia characters, he was a descendant of the Miles Gloriosus, the braggart soldier of ancient Roman comedy.An unsympathetic character, he was originally a parody of the French and Spanish mercenaries who overran 16th-century Italy. Papkin - il capitano; Rejent - il dottore/pantalone (more of il dottore) Cześnik - il dottore/pantalone; Podstolina - la segnora; Many of the stock characters appear in the Swedish play Söderkåkar. 3. One example is from the American television show, M*A*S*H where Major Frank Burns, played by Larry Linville. Capitano, stock character of the Italian commedia dell’arte.He was the prototype of a pretentious but cowardly military man. Il Dottore (pronounced [il dotˈtoːre], "the Doctor"; commonly known in Italian as Dottor Balanzone or simply Balanzone [balanˈtsoːne]; Bolognese Emilian: Dutåur Balanzån) is a commedia dell'arte stock character, one of the vecchi, or "old men", whose function in a scenario is to be an obstacle to the young lovers. Other examples of Pantalone in television are George Jefferson of The Jeffersons, Mr. Drysdale of The Beverly Hillbillies, and J.R. Ewing from Dallas. Il Dottore wants all the space on the stage for himself and he takes up room with his gut and his words. Il Dottore (The Doctor) Il Dottore in Commedia dell'Arte is usually dressed in the traditional style of a medieval doctor, with a huge black suit, often with a ruff and a notary's beret or large doctor's cap. He makes crude sexual jokes and is fond of pornography. Modern examples of Commedia Del Arte can be hard to find today, but I believe The Simpson’s is a wonderful adaption. Il Dottore's speech is the key to his character. ‘Doctor’ and ‘Captain’ are both self-appointed honorary titles. Later Il’ Capitano developed status in his own right and would arrive, however impoverished, with a Zanni, often half-starved. Commedia dell’arte dates to at least 1545. His prominent stomach is the focus of attention. A modern example of Pantalone is Eugene Krabs from SpongeBob who is obsessed with money and is known for underpaying his employees while expecting them to work long hours. Mostly he was portrayed as a widower or a bachelor and if he did find marriage it always seemed to end in tragedy. Other than the fresh faced innamorati , all comic characters in commedia were masked. Character Research: Il Dottore (DOT-TOR-AY, the Doctor) STATUS: A bachelor or widower from the upper class. For example, popular animated series The Simpsons by Matt Greoning uses slapstick constantly through the thirty seasons it has been running to make children laugh. Slapstick is a form of comedy used a lot in Modern Western Culture. Because he is from the city of Bologna, he loves to eat. Linville’s character fits the description of Il Dottore because Major Burns is wealthy, thinks he is an expert surgeon and is addressed in a formal matter … Il’Dottore is no threat to him because he recognizes his intellectual pretension as being as hollow as his boasts. Il Dottore is a parody of the learned, pompous academic. Dottore wore black robes and his mask left his cheeks exposed which were rouged to suggest he had been drinking. He was a scholar but a fraud and always made to be the fool in Commedia.