Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
plaisant de cour
English translation:
(court) jester
Added to glossary by
ormiston
May 27, 2019 11:49
4 yrs ago
French term
plaisant de cour
French to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
17th century opera
I am having difficulty finding out what this character actually does at court:
From the cast for the opera ARMIDE by Lully/Molière
Pierre-Guy Cluzeau, Clitidas, plaisant de cour de la suite d’Eriphile
Maxime Costa, Le prince Iphicrate, prétendant à la main d’Eriphile
Mélanie Le Moine, La princesse Aristione
Benoît Dallongeville, Le prince Timoclès, autre prétendant à la main d’Eriphile
Quentin-Maya Boyé, Anaxarque, astrologue d’Aristione
Olivier Berhault, Cléon, fils d’Anaxarque
Claire Barrabès, Cléonice, dame de compagnie d’Eriphile
Marie Loisel, La princesse
From the cast for the opera ARMIDE by Lully/Molière
Pierre-Guy Cluzeau, Clitidas, plaisant de cour de la suite d’Eriphile
Maxime Costa, Le prince Iphicrate, prétendant à la main d’Eriphile
Mélanie Le Moine, La princesse Aristione
Benoît Dallongeville, Le prince Timoclès, autre prétendant à la main d’Eriphile
Quentin-Maya Boyé, Anaxarque, astrologue d’Aristione
Olivier Berhault, Cléon, fils d’Anaxarque
Claire Barrabès, Cléonice, dame de compagnie d’Eriphile
Marie Loisel, La princesse
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +4 | (court) jester |
writeaway
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Proposed translations
+4
8 mins
Selected
(court) jester
The Idea of the Clown in Musset's Fantasio - Jstor
https://www.jstor.org/stable/388910
by VL Rubin - 1979 - Cited by 1 - Related articles
jester whose place at court Fantasio briefly fills, for Saint-Jean is essential to ... Le Roi: Y penses-tu? la mort de mon bouffon? d'un plaisant de cour bossu et.
The Burlesque Récit in Molière's Greek Plays - Jstor
https://www.jstor.org/stable/389931
by JF Gaines - 1979 - Related articles
the others, Moliere takes the part of a plaisant de cour named Moron, who in ... counselor Arbate, the jester employs phrases which reveal a curious mixture.
The Court Jester Affiche du film Poster Movie Le plaisant de cour (27 x ...
https://www.amazon.fr/Court-Jester-Affiche-Poster.../B001M5G... - Translate this page
Achetez The Court Jester Affiche du film Poster Movie Le plaisant de cour (27 x 40 In - 69cm x 102cm) Style B: Amazon.fr ✓ Livraison & retours gratuits possibles
https://www.jstor.org/stable/388910
by VL Rubin - 1979 - Cited by 1 - Related articles
jester whose place at court Fantasio briefly fills, for Saint-Jean is essential to ... Le Roi: Y penses-tu? la mort de mon bouffon? d'un plaisant de cour bossu et.
The Burlesque Récit in Molière's Greek Plays - Jstor
https://www.jstor.org/stable/389931
by JF Gaines - 1979 - Related articles
the others, Moliere takes the part of a plaisant de cour named Moron, who in ... counselor Arbate, the jester employs phrases which reveal a curious mixture.
The Court Jester Affiche du film Poster Movie Le plaisant de cour (27 x ...
https://www.amazon.fr/Court-Jester-Affiche-Poster.../B001M5G... - Translate this page
Achetez The Court Jester Affiche du film Poster Movie Le plaisant de cour (27 x 40 In - 69cm x 102cm) Style B: Amazon.fr ✓ Livraison & retours gratuits possibles
Peer comment(s):
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Ph_B (X)
: CL5!/il faut...doute Mmh...I wonder what CL5 is for, then [EDIT: when answering in one's own language]. Purely a rhetorical question on my part./Agree, but CL5 doesn't mean it's the only poss. answer. All it means is you're certain of your answer.
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I never use 5 (il faut toujours garder une petite place pour le doute) -but it was the first and only thing that came to mind./This probably should have been a 4. 5 is ok but it's used too often for the 'hard sell'. Many times there are several ways to go
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philgoddard
17 mins
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Charles Davis
: I hardly ever go above 4, and quite agree about unwarranted use of 5, but I wouldn't quibble here!
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Rachel Fell
7 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thank you"
Discussion
https://operabaroque.fr/LULLY_AMANTS.htm
Here, if confirmation were needed, is an early FR-EN parallel text edition (1739), in which Clitidas is described as "a Court Jester":
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wWEzAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA73
"CLITIDAS, a court jester, one of the attendants of ERIPHYLE."<p>"Clitidas is the court jester, and a very good character"<p>The refs are too long to be inserted here but the quotes are easily found on the Net.