Weird Historical Facts

The stories about King and Fools ... are likely a lot more than we think, and it was thought at one time that the Fool's main job was to keep an eye on the Queen and other members of the court, with the thought that no one would suspect someone that behaved like an idiot, and obviously wasn't. I kinda wonder if the term "Fool" actually came out of this kind of situation in the first place, although there seems to be an occult/hidden history behind the idea of a "Fool" or "Court Jester", who many thought was funny, but in the end, was likely to be deadly!

Michel de Ghelderode wrote a play called "Escurial" about the king and his fool ... who meets an unfortunate end, as the King knows that he is canoodling with the Queen, and the story, while meant to be a "FARCE", is more than likely not really a farce but based on a lot of stories about the courts in Spain, as there would also be many others around other courts. European lore is full of many of these, and the only ones that have been able to "hide" a lot of it, were the English ... whose stories, for some reason, still do not seem to surface, and we know that many of the English Kings were not saints whatsoever.

I directed this play at UCSB (Directing Student) with outstanding reviews and reports on it, and it also featured music and fun play during the time folks were coming in to the theater, which apparently (I found out later) was something that Michel de Ghelderode enjoyed doing to give the idea that the play never started, or ended. Music used? Le Cemetiere des Arlequins ... by ANGE and then a piece from Colin Townes album "Full Circle" for the ending of the play!