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TABARIN (Fr. See also:tabard, Ital. tabarrino, a small cloak) , the name assumed by See also:Jean Salomon (c. 1584-1633), a Parisian See also:street See also:charlatan, who amused his audiences in the See also:Place See also:Dauphine by farcical See also:dialogue with his partner Mondor (Phillippe See also:Girard), with whom he reaped a See also:golden See also:harvest by the See also:sale of See also:quack medicines. A contemporary portrait shows him in the See also:dress of a See also:clown, but with a See also:moustache and pointed See also:beard, carrying a wooden See also:sword and wearing a soft See also:grey See also:felt See also:hat capable of assuming countless amusing shapes in his deft fingers. His See also:regular evening antics were varied by more elaborate weekly performances in which others appeared, notably his wife. In these he took the See also:part of a See also:fat old See also:fool, but his jokes, while usually coarse, were frequently See also:clever, and his extemporized speeches were full of originality. He is said to have influenced both See also:Moliere and La See also:Fontaine. The latter praises him, and he is also well spoken of by Boileau and See also:Voltaire. He retired about 1628, and died on the 16th of See also:August 1633. Numerous farces and dialogues, partly or wholly his, or in his repertoire, were credited to him, and See also:long See also:series of cheap leaflets purporting to be his See also:complete See also:works began to appear as See also:early as 1622. Two See also:rival See also:editions, in two volumes and one See also:volume respectively, were published as See also:late as 1858. The word Tabarin, spelt with a See also:capital, has been adopted into the See also:French See also:language to designate the comic performer of a street See also:booth.

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