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The Italian comedy : the improvisation, scenarios, lives, attributes, portraits, and masks of the illustrious characters of the commedia dell'arte
Record details
- ISBN: 0486216799
- ISBN: 9780486216799
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Physical Description:
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366, [1] pages : illustrations ; 28 cm - Publisher: New York : Dover Publications, ©1966.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Pictorial supplement" (p. [313]-348) consists of reproductions of engravings from the Recueil Fossard and the Compositions de rhétorique de M. Don Arlequin, two 16th century MSS. which were first published together in 1928. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-360) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The Commedia dell'arte -- The origins -- The technique of the improvisators -- The masks -- The scenarios -- The theatres -- the stages -- the staging -- The actors and the troupes of the Commedia dell'arte -- The French-Italian comedy, or the Italian comedy in France -- The theatres at the fairs -- The revival of the Italian comedy in the eighteenth century -- The marionettes -- Harlequin, his ancestors, and his family -- Brighella and his family -- Pantaloon and his family -- The doctor -- Pulcinella, his ancestors, and his family -- The captain, his ancestors, and his family -- Pedrolino and his family -- The women of the Commedia dell'arte -- The lovers -- The Caratterista -- A few anonymous, forgotten, or little-known characters -- Overtones -- Appendices -- Pictorial supplement. |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Also issued online. |
Original Version Note: | Reprint. Originally published: New York : George G. Harrap, 1929. |
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Subject: | Commedia dell'arte |