Table of Contents
List of figures viii
Acknowledgments x
Preface xii
Notes on the translation xviii
Part I An introduction to commedia dell'arte 1
Introduction: the dramaturgy of the commedia dell'arte Sergio Costola 3
The secret of the commedia dell'arte 3
The birth of commedia dell'arte 6
The companies and their composition 7
The stock characters of the commedia dell'arte 13
The scenarios of the commedia dell'arte 16
The generici or zibaldoni 21
The lazzo 23
The folds of the commedia dell'arte 25
Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso and the commedia dell'arte 31
The Madness of Orlando. Opera eroica rappresentativa (Locatelli collection) 39
Otlando's madness. Opera reale (Corsiniana collection) 59
Part II The collections of scenarios 77
1 Abagaro Frescobaldi, Codex II-1586 (Madrid, Real Biblioteca) Sergio Costola in collaboration with Olly Crick 79
Primary text 80
Recent editions and translations 81
The Three Cuckolds (I tre becchi)-canovaccio 82
Two Crazy People (Doi pazzi)-canovaccio 86
Perseus (Perseo)-canovaccio 89
2 Flaminio Scala, Il teatro delle favole rappresentative (Venice, 1611) Sergio Costola in collaboration with Oily Crick 96
Primary text 98
Recent editions and translations 98
The Jealous Old Man (Il Vecchio Geloso)-comedy 99
The Husband (Il Marito)-comedy) 109
The Tooth-Puller (Il Cavadente)-comedy 119
The Mirror (Lo Specchio)-comedy 129
The Madness of Isabella (La pazzia d'Isabella)-comedy 139
3 Raccolta di scenari più scelti d'histrioni divisi in due volumi. Codices 651 and 652, manuscripts 45.G5 and 45.G6 (Rome, Biblioteca dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana) Sergio Costoia in collaboration with Olly Crick 153
Primary text 155
Recent editions and translations 155
Elisa Alii Bassà (Elisa Alii Bassà)-Turkish opera 156
The Nobility of Bertolino (La nobiltà di Bertolino)-Tragicomedy 161
The Enchanted Fount (Il fonte incantato)-Pastoral 164
4 Basilio Locatelli, Delia scena de Soggetti comici et tragici di B. L. R. Manuscripts 1211 and 1212 (Rome, Biblioteca Casanatense) Sergio Costoia in collaboration with Olly Crick 171
Primary text 173
Recent editions and translations 173
Zanni Puts on Airs (Le grandezze di Zanni)-Tragicomedy 174
The Two Look-Alikes by Plautus (Li duo simili di Plauto)-Comedy 185
A Comedy Within a Comedy (La commedia in commedia)-Comedy 194
5 Ciro Monarca, Dell'opere regie. Manuscript 4186 (Rome, Biblioteca Casanatense) Sergio Costoia in collaboration with Olly Crick 204
Primary text 205
Recent editions and translations 206
The Thunderstruck Atheist (L'ateista fulminato) 207
6 Anonymous Manuscript Correr. Manuscript 1040 (Venice, Museo Correr) Sergio Costoia in collaboration with Olly Crick 218
Primary text 220
Recent editions and translations 220
The Honest Courtesan (La cortigiana onesta)-Comedy 221
The Three Captains (Tre Capitani)-Comedy 228
7 Gibaldone […] Manuscripts XI.AA.40 and 41. (Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale) Sergio Costoia in collaboration with Olly Crick 236
Primary text 237
Recent editions and translations 237
Pulcinella in Love (Pulcinella innamorato) 238
Arcadia Enchanted (Arcadia incantata) 242
The Lady as Pulcinella (Donna Zanni) 251
Bibliography 260
Index 269
