A history of Italian theatre from its origins to the the time of this book's publication in 2006. The text discusses the impact of all the elements and figures
From Commedia dell’Arte came archetypal characters that are still with us today, such as Harlequin and Pantalone, and the rediscovered craft of writing comic
"The mask - as object, symbol, character, theatrical practice, even spectacle - is the central metaphor around which Fava builds his discussion of structure, th
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 scrip
A significant and original new study of a key dramatic form Author is both an historian and practitioner of the craft There are few up-to-date case studies of C