Preface
Introduction
Cast of Characters
Chapter 1: Italian Influences on Shakespeare and his Contemporaries
Chapter 2: Commedia dell’Arte in Italian and English Comedies
Chapter 3: Commedia dell’arte in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Chapter 4: Commedia dell’arte in The Comedy of Errors
Chapter 5: Commedia dell’arte in The Merchant of Venice
Chapter 6: Commedia dell’arte in The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Chapter 7: Commedia dell’arte in Twelfth Night
Chapter 8: Commedia dell’arte in The Taming of the Shrew
Chapter 9: Commedia dell’arte in All’s Well That Ends Well
Chapter 10: Commedia dell’arte in The Winter’s Tale
Chapter 11: Commedia dell’arte in Much Ado About Nothing
Chapter 12: Commedia dell’arte in Othello
Chapter 11: Commedia dell’arte in The Tempest
Conclusion
Glossary
Commedia dell’arte Warm-up and Workout
Appendix
Biography
Artemis Preeshl is a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Theatre and professional director, actor, dialect coach, and choreographer who has worked at Tulane University, Loyola University New Orleans, Utah State University, the Faculty of Creative and Artistic Technology at Universiti Teknologi MARA in Malaysia, and Kalakshetra Foundation and the University of Madras in India.
"Shakespeare and Commedia dell’Arte is a valuable reference source for scholars wishing to examine the history of Commedia dell’Arte and its influences on Elizabethan theatre, directors interested in how Shakespeare’s characters align with the Italian stock characters, and actors who want insight into the practical application of the style in performance. ... This book provides ample inspiration for considering how one could imbue scripts of all genres with the sixteenth-century stock character masks, or use the archetypes for the physical exploration of character behavior." -- Krista Scott, Texas Christian University
