Year 8 - Masks and Commedia Dell’ Arte: Arlecchino

 A description of Arlecchino's mask from Commedia dell' Arte: an actor's handbook:

"A black stocking wound round the lower face and then up over the head is a vestige of the full Carnival mask, lending credence to the alternative African slave suggestion as to his origin.  Low forehead with wart, small round eyes." 

More Arlecchino masks

(Click on the picture to see it's source)

This video of a workshop teaching actors how to play Arlecchino will give you an idea of how this character acts.