Bill is a master clown.

But after performing with the master clown she would go home to "a husband who beat me up."

Philippe Gaulier (born in Paris, 4 March 1943) is a French master clown, pedagogue, and professor of theatre.

Bright new additions this year are the master clown Bello Nock, he of the upswept golden wheat field of hair.

Without sending in the master clowns, the director, James Glossman, makes of Beckett's existential circus a series of routines.

But it was not the kind of challenge the 33-year-old Mr. Larible, a European master clown, could turn down.

You said yourself, I am master clown of Momus!

Their schtick is part of a subplot, silly intrusions except when performed by master clowns and superb stylists.

"It's all in the timing," said Frosty Little, the master clown of the Ringling circus.

A knowing director could send in a master clown to put a magical spin on an odious creep.