Harlequinade

Textbook

Written by acclaimed children's author Noel Streatfeild and vividly illustrated with autolithographs by Clarke Hutton, Harlequinade (1943) is a charming wartime children s book. Following a group of city children evacuated to the English countryside who encounter an old man in the woods, the story introduces young readers to the enchanting history and stock characters of the traditional British harlequinade and Commedia dell'Arte.