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Performance and Literature in the Commedia dell'Arte

Robert Henke

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  • 278 sidor
  • 2010
This 2002 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 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 was the first book to consider how these two elements might have worked together to create this rich and fascinating theatre.
  • Författare: Robert Henke
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780521172387
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 278
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2010-12-16
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press