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The Metamorphoses of Commedia dell’Arte

2022
J. Rudlin
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Teaching the Commedia dell’arte Tradition in One Day: Problems and Possibilities

Theatre Topics
:Among the many subjects that get cursory treatment in theatre history survey courses, lessons on commedia dell’arte tend to be restricted to one or two class periods during a semester (indeed, over the course of an entire curriculum).
Kyna Hamill, Matthew McMahan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

(Re) evaluating improvisation in commedia dell’Arte

Comedy Studies, 2022
The performance history of commedia dell’arte is full of tantalising clues about the genre’s relationship with the practice of live improvisation, research into which is often frustrated by ontological and epistemological differences between the ‘what ...
Olly Crick
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Creativity of A.B. Marienhoff of the imaginist period and the traditions of commedia dell’ arte

Philological Sciences Scientific Essays of Higher Education, 2022
The article analyzes for the first time the influence of commedia dell’arte on the creative work of the imaginist A.B. Marienhoff. There are several literary and everyday masks of the poet, among which a special place is occupied by the mask of Pierrot ...
A. Nikolaeva
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Book review: Natalie Crohn Schmitt, Performing Commedia dell’Arte, 1570–1630

Forum Italicum, 2022
Writing a book on commedia dell ’ arte that is comprehensive in scope is, in and of itself, an ambitious feat given the breadth of the critical literature on this subject, but, despite its fl aws, Performing Commedia dell ’ Arte, 1570-1630 presents an ...
Fabio Battista
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Problem of Commedia dell’Arte

Performance Research: A Journal of the Performing Arts, 2023
The inherent ephemerality of performance, doubly so in respect of the debated practice of improvisation within the genre, presents many issues in terms of examining Commedia's history, both in terms of how a performance unfolded before an audience, and ...
Olly Crick
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Actor and Audience Comprehension of Commedia dell’Arte Dialects

Theatre and Performance Notes and Counternotes
This article attempts to explain how commedia dell’arte actors, speaking distinctly different dialects, understood one another and how audiences, living in the different dialect regions where troupes performed, understood them.
Natalie Crohn Schmitt
semanticscholar   +1 more source

From Piazze to Courts: Actresses’ Role in the Refashioning of Commedia dell’Arte

Italian Culture, 2021
My article provides a better understanding of commedia dell’arte’s transformation from an indecorous form of popular entertainment, performed in public spaces (piazze) and accused of teaching lust and corruption, into a legitimate and respected art form,
Nicla Riverso
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Commedia dell’arte

What Is It? Some Facts: This form of theatre flourished in Renaissance Italy in the second half of the 16 century throughout the 17 ... While late in SCA period, it is very popular because it is a form of comedy that most modern folk can relate to.
David Bridel, F. Motta
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