Title Befriending the commedia dell'arte of Flaminio Scala : the comic scenarios / Natalie Crohn Schmitt

Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 328 pages) : illustrations Series Toronto Italian studies Toronto Italian studies. Contents Part One: Context, Culture, and Aesthetics. 1 Befriending the Text -- 2 Character Relationships -- 3 The Setting and Life in the Street Method -- 4 Invention Part Two: Scenario Reconstructions. Method -- 5 Day 6: The Jealous Old Man -- 6 Day 21: The Fake Sorcerer -- 7 Day 25: The Jealous Isabella -- 8 Day 36: Isabella [the] Astrologer -- Conclusion -- Appendix: List of All Scala Scenarios Summary Annotation The most important theatrical movement in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Europe, the commedia dell'arte has inspired playwrights, artists, and musicians including Molière, Dario Fo, Picasso, and Stravinsky. Because of its stock characters, improvised dialogue, and extravagant theatricalism, the commedia dell'arte is often assumed to be a superficial comic style. With Befriending the Commedia dell'Arte of Flaminio Scala, Natalie Crohn Schmitt demolishes that assumption. By reconstructing the commedia dell'arte scenarios published by troupe manager Flaminio Scala (1547-1624), Schmitt demonstrates that in its Golden Age the commedia dell'arte relied as much on craftsmanship as on improvisation and that Scala's scenarios are a treasure trove of social commentary on early modern daily life in Italy. In the book, Schmitt makes use of her intensive research into the social and cultural history of sixteenth-century Italy and the aesthetic principles of the period. She combines this research with her insights drawn from studying with contemporary commedia dell'arte performers and from directing a production of one of Scala's scenarios. The result is a new perspective on the commedia dell'arte that illuminates the style's full richness Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Scala, Flaminio, active 1620 -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Scala, Flaminio, active 1620 fast Scala, Flaminio ca. vor 1570- nach 1620 gnd Subject Commedia dell'arte -- Stories, plots, etc DRAMA -- Continental European. HISTORY -- Renaissance. Commedia dell'arte Commedia dell'arte Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Stories, plots, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442619173 1442619171 9781442619180 144261918X

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