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What were the origins of commedia dell'arte and how did it evolve as a dramatic form over time and as it spread from Italy? How did its relationship to the ruling ideology of the day change during the Enlightenment? What is its legacy today?
These are just some of the questions addressed in this authoritative overview of the dramatic, ideological and aesthetic form of commedia dell'arte. The book's 3 sections examine the changing role of performers and playwrights, improvisatory scenarios and scripted performance, and its function as a vehicle for social criticism, to offer readers a clear understanding of commedia dell'arte's evolution in Renaissance Italy and beyond. This study throws new light on the role of women performers; on the changing ideological discourse of commedia dell'arte, which included social reform and, later, conservatism as well as the alienation of ethnic minorities in complicity with its audience; and on its later adaptation into hybrid forms including grotesque dance and the giullarata typified by the work of Dario Fo.
Contents
List of Figures
Series Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1: Form, Dramaturgy and Content of Early Commedia dell'Arte
1. The First Professionals
2. Elements of Form: Characters and Dramatic Actions
3. Elements of Form: The Scenario, Lazzi, Improvisation
4. Commedia dell'Arte and Ottonelli's Theology
Part 2: Innovations in the 18th Century
5. From Scenario to Script: Riccoboni and Goldoni
6. Riccoboni's Commedia of Civic Responsibility
7. The Commedia dell'Arte in Goldoni's Reform
8. Gozzi's Fable Form: A New Horizon of Expectations
Part 3: Adaptations and Revivals
9. Commedia dell'Arte and Grotesque Dance: Gregorio Lambranzi
10. Pulcinellate and Harlequinades
11. Commedia dell'Arte in the Opera Libretto
12. Continuity and Transformation in the 20th Century
References
Index
