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The Fool

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The Clown, the Fool, the Jester

David wiles, professor of drama at exeter university in the u k. He wrote a book called shakespeare's clown. The important distinction in shakespeare's period is between the clown and the fool. It's nothing to with class. It's that you're a bit touched in the head.

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