Editing Pierrot (section)

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[[Image:Aubrey Beardsley - Death of Pierrot.jpg|thumb|[[Aubrey Beardsley]]: "The Death of Pierrot", ''[[The Savoy (periodical)|The Savoy]]'', August 1896]]
Pierrot figured prominently in the drawings of [[Aubrey Beardsley]], and various writers referenced him in their poetry.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dobson|first=Austin|author-link=Henry Austin Dobson|chapter=After Watteau|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/collectedpoems01dobsgoog#page/n490/mode/2up|title=Collected Poems|year=1913|page=476|edition=9th|publisher=[[E.P. Dutton & Company]]|location=New York|via=[[Internet Archive]]|access-date=2016-07-01}}  Poem first published in December 1893 number of [[Harper's Magazine]].</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Symons|first=Arthur|author-link=Arthur Symons|chapter=Pierrot in Half-Mourning|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/silhouettes00symogoog#page/n116/mode/2up|title=Silhouettes; and, London nights|year=1896|publisher=[[Leonard Smithers]]|location=London|page=90|edition=2nd|via=Internet Archive|access-date=2016-07-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Custance|first=Olive|author-link=Olive Custance|chapter=Pierrot|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/TheYellowBookAnIllustratedQuarterly/YellowBookAnIllustratedQuarterly1897bVolXiii.April#page/n127/mode/2up|title=The Yellow Book, An Illustrated Quarterly|year=1897|volume=XIII|page=121|via=Internet Archive|access-date=2016-07-01}}</ref> Ethel Wright painted ''Bonjour, Pierrot!'' (a greeting to a dour clown sitting disconsolate with his dog) in 1893. The Pierrot of popular taste also spawned a uniquely English entertainment. In 1891, the singer and banjoist [[Clifford Essex]], resolved to create a troupe of English Pierrot entertainers,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.prom-prom.com/tony-lidington/radio/pierrot-hero-clifford-essex/ |title="Pierrot Hero: The Memoirs of Clifford Essex". |access-date=1 June 2019 |archive-date=1 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601070749/http://www.prom-prom.com/tony-lidington/radio/pierrot-hero-clifford-essex/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and called them the [[Concert Party (entertainment)|seaside Pierrots]] who, as late as the 1950s, performed on the piers of [[Brighton]], [[Margate]], and [[Blackpool]].<ref>See Calvert, Pertwee.</ref> They inspired the Will Morris Pierrots, named after their [[Birmingham]] founder. They originated in the [[Smethwick]] area in the late 1890s and played to large audiences in [[the Midlands]]. [[Walter Westley Russell]] committed these performers to canvas in ''The Pierrots'' (c. 1900).

Pierrot's mask claimed the attention of the great theater innovator [[Edward Gordon Craig]].<ref>Craig, p. 89.</ref> Craig's involvement with the figure grew with time. In 1897, Craig, dressed as Pierrot, gave a quasi-impromptu stage-reading of [[Hans Christian Andersen]]'s story "What the Moon Saw" as part of a benefit performance for theater artists in need.<ref>[[Martin Shaw (composer)|Martin Shaw]], [http://www.martinshawmusic.com/articles/egc_how_we_met.html ''How We Met&mdash;Edward Gordon Craig and Martin Shaw''].</ref>