“But the old Italian commedia that I loved—Pantaloon, Harlequin, Scaramouche, and the rest—lived on as they always had, with tightrope walkers, acrobats, jugglers, and puppeteers, in the platform spectacles at the St.-Germain and the St.-Laurent fairs.” TheaterTheatreParisLestatJugglersHarlequinScaramoucheAcrobatsItalian TheaterPantaloon Book:The vampire Lestat Source: The vampire Lestat