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GUIGNOL - Guignol (French: [il]) is the main character in a French puppet show which has come to bear his name. It represents the workers in the silk industry ...
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| This "Grand" Parisian theatre shares its name with the French equivalent of the British puppet Punch |
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Guignol (French: [il]) is the main character in a French puppet show which has come to bear his name. It represents the workers in the silk industry of France. * Although often thought of as children's entertainment, Guignol's sharp wit and linguistic verve have always been appreciated by adults as well, as shown by the motto of a prominent Lyon troupe: "Guignol amuses children and witty adults".* Laurent Mourguet, Guignol's creator, was born into a family of modest silk weavers on March 3, 1769. The certificate of his marriage to Jeanne Esterle in 1788 shows he was unable to read. When hard times fell on the silk trade during the French Revolution, he became a peddler, and in 1797 started to practice dentistry, which in those days was simply the pulling of teeth. The service was free; the money was made from the medicines sold afterward to ease the pain. To attract patients, he started setting up a puppet show in front of his dentist's chair. In the end, his strategy worked very well to |