The Commedia dell’Arte

Professor Domenico Pietropaolo (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2022
Methuen Drama (Verlag)
978-1-350-14418-7 (ISBN)

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What were the origins of commedia dell’arte and how did it evolve as a dramatic form over time and as it spread from Italy? How did its relationship to the ruling ideology of the day change during the Enlightenment? What is its legacy today?

These are just some of the questions addressed in this authoritative overview of the dramatic, ideological and aesthetic form of commedia dell’arte. The book’s 3 sections examine the changing role of performers and playwrights, improvisatory scenarios and scripted performance, and its function as a vehicle for social criticism, to offer readers a clear understanding of commedia dell’arte’s evolution in Renaissance Italy and beyond. This study throws new light on the role of women performers; on the changing ideological discourse of commedia dell’arte, which included social reform and, later, conservatism as well as the alienation of ethnic minorities in complicity with its audience; and on its later adaptation into hybrid forms including grotesque dance and the giullarata typified by the work of Dario Fo.

Domenico Pietropaolo is Professor of Italian and Drama at the University of Toronto, Canada. His publications include Pragmatics and Semiotics of Stage Improvisation (Methuen Drama, 2016), The Baroque Libretto (co-authored with M.A. Parker, 2011), and, as editor, The Science of Buffoonery: Theory and History of the Commedia dell'Arte (1989).

List of Figures
Series Preface
Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1: Form, Dramaturgy and Content of Early Commedia dell’Arte
1. The First Professionals
2. Elements of Form: Characters and Dramatic Actions
3. Elements of Form: The Scenario, Lazzi, Improvisation
4. Commedia dell'Arte and Ottonelli's Theology

Part 2: Innovations in the 18th Century
5. From Scenario to Script: Riccoboni and Goldoni
6. Riccoboni's Commedia of Civic Responsibility
7. The Commedia dell'Arte in Goldoni's Reform
8. Gozzi's Fable Form: A New Horizon of Expectations

Part 3: Adaptations and Revivals
9. Commedia dell'Arte and Grotesque Dance: Gregorio Lambranzi
10. Pulcinellate and Harlequinades
11. Commedia dell'Arte in the Opera Libretto
12. Continuity and Transformation in the 20th Century

References
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	17.08.2022
Reihe/Serie	Forms of Drama
Mitarbeit	Herausgeber (Serie): Simon Shepherd
Zusatzinfo	10 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-350-14418-5 / 1350144185
ISBN-13	978-1-350-14418-7 / 9781350144187
Zustand	Neuware