Editing Pantalone (section)

===Stance===
[[File:Tomás Marín Gómez como Pantaleón.jpg|thumb|Tomás Marín Gómez as Pantaleón]]

The traditional Pantalone stance is that of a hunch-backed old man. He walks with his hips forward, allowing him to make larger strides when he walks.<ref name="John Rudlin3">John Rudlin: ''Commedia Dell'arte: An Actor's Handbook'', p. 94</ref> The hunched shape restricts his legs, which are bent and turned out at the knees. The feet have the heels together with the toes facing apart.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=Commedia dell'Arte: An Actor's Handbook|last=Rudlin|first=John|page=93}}</ref> His hands and feet move quickly, although his body is stiff, and his head is constantly moving.<ref name="John Rudlin3" /> When he walks, his feet should be picked up more than would occur naturally.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book|title=Playing Commedia|last=Grantham|first=Barry|page=157}}</ref> Pantalone is slow moving, and he has bouts of agility when there is high emotion, but it is followed by asthmatic breathing and panting.<ref name="John Rudlin3" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=The Commedia dell'Arte|last=Oreglia|first=Giacomo|pages=80}}</ref> Pantalone is often short and skinny.<ref name=":2" /> A lot of Pantalone's comedy stems from the fact that his excitable actions greatly contradict the senile position that the actor takes.<ref name=":0" /> He often falls backwards, generally to bad news related in some way or another to his financials. When this occurs, he is often amusingly "turtle-like" and is often stuck in that position until assisted.<ref name="John Rudlin3"/> Pantalone can do all of the movements of the other characters, but they are greatly hindered because of his old age.<ref name="John Rudlin3" /> None of Pantalone's physical actions should look easy, for his is truly "the oldest of the old". In the well-known "all the world's a stage" speech in [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''[[As You Like It]]'' (II, vii), Jacques describes the second-last stage of life as "the lean and slippered pantaloon".