Entertainment / Literature / Soubrette: A maidservant of independent and saucy temperament in the Italian commedia dell'arte. This stock character helps two or more young lovers overcome the blocking agent that prevents their happy union.
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Entertainment / Literature / Intrigue Plot: The dramatic representation of how two young lovers, often with the assistance of a maidservant, friend, or soubrette, foil the blocking agent represented by a parent, priest, or guardian. MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Commedia Dellarte: A genre of Italian farce from the sixteenth-century characterized by stock characters, stock situations, and spontaneous dialogue. Typically, the plot is an intrigue plot and it involves a soubrette w MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Ancillary Characters: (Latin ancillahelper or 'maid'): Less important characters who are not the primary protagonist or antagonist, but who highlight these characters or interact with them in such a way as to provide insig MORE