The beauty and hardship of costuming Servant of Two Masters is both the lack of freedom to design, and the intricacy of the costuming already needed with stock characters. Going back to the example of Pantelone, many of the design choices have already been made. This takes away the creative process in building the costume, but at the same time presents the challenge of living up to the classic example already made. Much the same with Arlecchino and his patching covering his body. It is a tight jacket with many colors of patches. This is the design now seen on classic Harlequin dolls that are bright and colorful. The stock character Arlecchino appears in The Servant of Two Masters as the main character, Truffaldino. The classic example of this costume can be seen in the following link:
Harlequin Costume Design
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http://www1.american.edu/IRVINE/jenn/arlecchino.htm
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