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Template:Short description Template:For-multi Template:Italics title Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Plural form: Script error: No such module "Lang".; meaning 'old one' or simply 'old') is a category of aged, male characters from Italian commedia dell'arte theatre. The primary members of this group are Pantalone, il Dottore,[1] and il Capitano.[2] Pantalone and il Dottore are the alter ego of each other: Pantalone being the decadent wealthy merchant, and il Dottore being the decadent erudite.[1]
They are overwhelmingly the antagonists, opposing the love of the Script error: No such module "Lang".; the comic ending is produced when the Zanni manage to overcome them and unite the lovers.