What is Coco the Clown?
'''Coco the Clown''' (or Theo de Kovel) is a [[clown]] character who is very famous in [[Britain]] and later became famous in [[United States|America]]. Coco was not a whiteface clown but an [[auguste]].This type of clown is supposed to be a bit stupid, so he gets teased by another clown who is supposed to be much cleverer. Coco always gets buckets of water thrown at him or [[custard]] [[pie]]s in his face. Theo de Kovel (or Polakovs) (1900–74) made the character of Coco the Clown famous. Later his son Elwin de Beer (1923-2009) made him famous in the Netherlands After retiring from the circus, Nicolai Poliakoff toured schools in the UK as Coco promoting road safety. He had a walking stick in the shape of a Bolesha Beacon. For this work he was awarded the OBE by the Queen. {{performing-arts-stub}} [[Category:Clowns]]