| Description |
366 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Series |
Dover books on literature, literary history, criticism |
| Contents |
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 |
| Notes |
"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 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-360) and index |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
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Reprint. Originally published New York : George G. Harrap, 1929 |
| Subject |
Commedia dell'arte -- Pictorial works.
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Commedia dell'arte -- History and criticism.
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Commedia dell'arte.
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Italian drama (Comedy)
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Theater -- France -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Illustrated works.
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| Author |
Weaver, Randolph T.
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| LC no. |
66023390 |
| ISBN |
0486216799 |
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9780486216799 |
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