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An entertaining and highly illuminating account of Commedia's origins as a popular theatrical form, plus a practical and timely step-by-step guide to using commedia techniques in performance.
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An entertaining and highly illuminating account of Commedia's origins as a popular theatrical form, plus a practical and timely step-by-step guide to using commedia techniques in performance today. John Rudlin explains the basis for improvising each stock character through working notes which cover: name status origin costume mask props stance walks movements gestures speech characteristics relationships plot functions improvisations Also provided are useful translations of typical dialogues and monologues. Rudlin also charts the experiments of twentieth-century directors and artistes in `reconstructing and revitalising a form which dominated European popular culture for three centuries.' Commedia dell'Arte is an unusually lively and absorbing book which makes a vital contribution both to theatre history and theatre making.
An entertaining and highly illuminating account of Commedia's origins as a popular theatrical form, plus a practical and timely step-by-step guide to using commedia techniques in performance.
From the Back Cover
An entertaining and highly illuminating account of Commedia's origins as a popular theatrical form, plus a practical and timely step-by-step guide to using commedia techniques in performance today. John Rudlin explains the basis for improvising each stock character through working notes which cover: name status origin costume mask props stance walks movements gestures speech characteristics relationships plot functions improvisations Also provided are useful translations of typical dialogues and monologues. Rudlin also charts the experiments of twentieth-century directors and artistes in `reconstructing and revitalising a form which dominated European popular culture for three centuries.' Commedia dell'Arte is an unusually lively and absorbing book which makes a vital contribution both to theatre history and theatre making.
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In order to clear the ground to begin discussion of the origins of commedia dell'arte, scholarly caveats as to what the phrase itself means and how to translate it need reiteration. Read the first page
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