PIERROT (Ital. Pedrolino)  , the name given to the leading character in the French pantomime plays since the 18th century; transferred from the Italian stage, and revived especially in recent times . He is always in white, both face and costume, with a loose and daintily clownish garb, and is represented as of a freakish disposition . Modern pierrot plays have converted the pierrot into a romantic and even pathetic figure .