Pantalone

Question 1

Physical Appearance

Answer 1

Lean scrawny, tall and thin.

Question 2

Status

Answer 2

Top of pecking order. Money. Controls finance. Employer and father

Question 3

Stance

Answer 3

Bent over from age and to protect his money pouch and genitals. Feet together, toes apart and knees bent. Leans forward when talking to someone, learns away when hearing bad news. Thrusts

Question 4

Walk

Answer 4

He can only walk at one pace

Question 5

Poses

Answer 5

Bent over cane. Leaning slightly forward with nose in the air. One leg bent with one foot resting on heel. One hand behind back or on purse, other hand in cane, body at a 45° angle. Leaning back with pelvis thrust forward. Nose targeted towards females. Cuddle position with women. Lunge position with cane

Question 6

Movements

Answer 6

Can mimic movements of any other character but only in a diminished age way. Falls flat on his back when hearing bad news and cannot get himself right again. Head is very quick but the rest of his body is very lethargic

Question 7

Gestures

Answer 7

Old body but active head, feet and hands. Always gesturing with hands which he can’t keep to himself

Question 8

Relationships

Answer 8

Mean to his servants, friend or rival to Dottore, scheming with capitano, lecherous with Colombina and obsessed with himself

Question 9

Frequent Plot Function

Answer 9

An impediment to the action. He wants to marry the same girl as his son or won’t provide a dowry for his daughter

Question 10

Lazzi

Answer 10

Lazzo of the tooth extractor. The returning coin. The urine test. The echo. Wooing young women. The bent back. The farting

Question 11

Modern version

Answer 11

Mr Burns

Question 12

Motivation/ Desire

Answer 12

Money and women