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The French actor, Henri LeGrand, in the role of Turlupin. Henri LeGrand (c. 1587-c.1637), an actor at the Hôtel de Burgogne in Paris. played this character in French farces that were much influenced by the Italian commedia dell’arte. Turlupin was in the vein of Brighella, the rascally servant in the improvised Italian commedia. Engraving c.1630-40 by Rouselet after Huret.© Gary Jay and Josephine S. Williams.

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