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[[File:Pedrolino and the Doctor in 1621 woodcut.jpg|thumb|Pedrolino scuffles with the Doctor, 1621.]]

'''Pedrolino''' is a ''primo [[Zanni#Two types of Zanni|zanni]]'', or comic servant, of the ''[[Commedia dell'Arte]]''; the name is a [[hypocorism]] of ''Pedro'' (Peter), via the suffix ''-lino''. The character made its first appearance in the last quarter of the 16th century, apparently as the invention of the actor with whom the role was to be long identified, Giovanni Pellesini. Contemporary illustrations suggest that his white blouse and trousers constituted "a variant of the typical ''zanni'' suit",<ref>Katritzky, p. 248.</ref> and his [[Bergamasque dialect]] marked him as a member of the "low" rustic class.<ref>So asserted Bartolomeo Rossi in the foreword to his 1584 pastoral play ''Fiamella'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=ow08AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA3 p. 3]. See also Andrews, p. xxiv.</ref> But if his costume and social station were without distinction, his dramatic role was certainly not: as a multifaceted "first" ''zanni'', his character was—and still is—rich in comic incongruities.

Many Commedia historians make a connection between the Italian Pedrolino and the later [[Pierrot]] of the French [[Comédie-Italienne]], and, although a link between the two is possible, it remains unproven and seems unlikely, based on the scant evidence of early Italian scenario texts.<ref>Andrews, pp. xxv–xvi.</ref>

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