The Routledge Companion to Commedia dell'Arte by Judith Chaffee,Oliver Crick

By Judith Chaffee,Oliver Crick

From Commedia dell’Arte got here archetypal characters which are nonetheless with us at the present time, similar to Harlequin and Pantalone, and the rediscovered craft of writing comedian dramas and masked theatre. From it got here the forces that helped create and effect Opera, Ballet, Pantomime, Shakespeare, Moliere, Lopes de Vega, Goldoni, Meyerhold, or even the glove puppet, Mr Punch.

The Routledge spouse to Commedia dell’Arte is a wide-ranging quantity written by way of over 50 specialists, that strains the historical past, features, and improvement of this interesting but elusive theatre shape. In synthesizing the weather of Commedia, this e-book introduces the historical past of the Sartori masks studio; provides a comparability among Gozzi and Goldoni’s complex and hostile techniques to theatre; invitations discussions on Commedia’s relevance to Shakespeare, and illuminates re-interpretations of Commedia nowa days.

The authors are drawn from actors, mask-makers, pedagogues, administrators, running shoes and lecturers, all of whom upload detailed insights into this most pleasurable of theatre types. striking contributions include:

•       Donato Sartori at the twentieth century Sartori mask
•       Rob Henke on shape and freedom
•       Anna Cottis on Carlo Boso
•       Didi Hopkins on One guy, Guv’nors  
•       Kenneth Richards on appearing companies
•       Antonio Fava on Pulcinella
•       Joan Schirle on Carlo Mazzone-Clementi and girls in Commedia
•       and M.A. Katritzky on images

Olly Crick is a performer, coach and director, having knowledgeable in Commedia below Barry Grantham and Carlo Boso. he's founding father of The superb outdated Spot Theatre corporation.

Judith Chaffee is affiliate Professor of Theatre at Boston collage, and Head of flow education for Actors. She proficient in Commedia with Antonio Fava, Julie Goell, Stanley Allen Sherman, and Carlos Garcia Estevez.

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