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Harlequin Amateurs
Harlequin Amateurs Rugby Football Club are a Hampton Wick-based England, English rugby union club who play their rugby in the RFU league system, currently in Counties 4 Surrey. They train and play in Bushy Park. The club formed as a result of 2007 merger between the historic Lockside RFC, formerly Lensbury RFC and Harlequin Amateurs, a modern non-professional version of their namesake. The club runs two Senior men's teams, a Vet's team and a mini and youth programme from Under 5s to Under 14s. In 2016/17, the club expanded to include a girl's youth team and in 2021/22 Harlequins Women 3XV joined the women's and girls set up to form an amateur pathway from Under 13s to a Senior Women's team. History Harlequin Amateurs in their current guise were formed in the summer of 2007, following a friendly merger between Lockside RFC of Teddington and Harlequin Amateurs based in Roehampton. The new club is now based in Twickenham, Middlesex. Lockside began life as Lensbury RFC (founded 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Harlequin (; it, Arlecchino ; lmo, Arlechin, Bergamasque dialect, Bergamasque pronunciation ) is the best-known of the ''zanni'' or comic servant characters from the Italian language, Italian ''commedia dell'arte'', associated with the city of Bergamo. The role is traditionally believed to have been introduced by Zan Ganassa in the late 16th century, was definitively popularized by the Italian actor Tristano Martinelli in Paris in 1584–1585, and became a stock character after Martinelli's death in 1630. The Harlequin is characterized by his checkered costume. His role is that of a light-hearted, nimble, and Tricky slave, astute servant, often acting to thwart the plans of his master, and pursuing his own love interest, Columbina, with wit and resourcefulness, often competing with the sterner and melancholic Pierrot. He later develops into a prototype of the romantic hero. Harlequin inherits his physical agility and his trickster qualities, as well as his name, from a mischi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
