Comediennes: Jane Foole

Published: Dec. 23, 2023, 8 a.m.

b'Jane Foole, or Jane the Fool, (fl. 1535-1558) was a fool at the English Royal court during the Tudor era in the mid 16th century. As a woman court jester, she was extremely unique among professional jesters of the era, and greatly revered by Mary I of England.'