196 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
196 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
196 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines Commedia dell'Arte as a performative genre, and one that should be analysed through the framework of dramaturgy and dramaturgical practice.
This volume examines the way Commedia has been explored in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and details its reinventors’ dramaturgic approaches, both focusing in on specific examples such as Jacques Lecoq, Dario Fo and Antonio... Read more
1. The founders of Neo-Commedia 2. The second and third generation of reinventors 3. Commedia archetypes 4. Fixed types and stock roles 5. Actors, parts and roles by Sergio Costola 6. Improvisation and Commedia 7. Grammelot and the performance of language (Alt. Grommelot/Grumelot) 8. Neo-Commedia and the ensemble 9. Masks in Neo-Commedia 10. Epilogue
Biography
Olly Crick is a performer and scholar of Commedia dell'Arte, having published, taught and presented extensively on the subject.
