296 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
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There has been an enormous revival of interest in Commedia dell'arte. And it remians a central part of many drama school courses. In Commedia dell'arte in the Twentieth Century John Rublin first examines the orgins of this vital theatrical form and charts its recent revival through the work of companies like Tag, Theatre de Complicite and the influential methods of Jacques Lecoq. The second part... Read more
Illustrations, Introduction, Part I: The commedia dell'arte: Origins, The mask; Playing Commedia, Part II: The stock characters: The Zanni, The old men, The Lovers, Il Capitano, Colombina, Other Masks: Pedrolino, Pulcinella, Scapino, ScaramucciN, Tartaglia, Minor Masks; Part III: The twentieth century: Craig at the Arena Goldoni; Meyerhold Dappertutto; Copeau's new improvised comedy; Charles Dullin: letters from the front; The Servant of Two Masters; The Lecoq school; Le Theatre du Soleil; The San Francisco Mime Troupe, TNT (The New Theatre); Dario Fo, Carlo Boso and Antonio Fava; Restoration or renovation?; Appendix: Making a leather mask, Notes, A selection of works on commedia dell'arte in English, Index.
Biography
John Rudlin
`This new book by John Rudlin is much more than a re-examination of a theatrical style long past - in Rudlin's hands, the whole subject becomes not only vital to today's creators of theatre, but to the future as well.' - Theatre Scotland
