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Performance and Literature in the Commedia Dell'Arte
Category : COMMEDIA dell?ARTE
Author : Robert Henke
ISBN : 0521643244
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Description : This book explores the commedia dell'arte: the Italian professional theatre in Shakespeare's time. The actors of this theatre usually did not perform from scripted drama but improvised their performances from a shared plot and thorough knowledge of individual character roles. Robert Henke closely considers hitherto unexamined commedia dell'arte texts to demonstrate how the spoken word and written literature were fruitfully combined in performance. Henke examines a number of primary sources including performance accounts, actors' contracts, letters, popular poems, memorials of deceased actors, scenarios, and printed plays, among other documents. Henke analyzes the character system in the commedia dell'arte, individual roles, Venetian buffoni, and provides detailed case studies of early actors and actresses. While previous studies have concentrated on either the oral or the literary aspects of commedia dell'arte, this is the first book to consider how these two elements might have worked together to create this rich and fascinating theatre.
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The Italian Commedia and
Category : COMMEDIA dell?ARTE
Author : David Griffiths (Illustrator)
ISBN : 371865718X
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Description : A Conjectural Evaluation of the Masked Performance of Commedia Dell'Arte (Mask - a Release of Acting Resources)
Focusing on Commedia Dell'Arte, this work provides a historical and critical commentary of the Commedia. It highlights common factors between this genre and that of the Japanese Noh theatre. The author proposes six similarities: characters familiar to their audience and masked, minimal properties and scenery with the focus on the actor, the "families" of performers, a sharp mind as well as an agile body, a professional living on these skills and patronage, and a knowledgeable audience. Complementing this book is the play "Please Be Gentle" which explores the various tricks and devices of Commedia Dell'Arte acting.
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