This book examines the scripted stage comedies of the Italian Renaissance, tracing their transition from closed courtly audiences to a wider public. It concentrates on the performing values of their scripts rather than their literary qualities, in order to demonstrate their links with improvised commedia dell'arte, and thus explores in a new way a crucial phase in the development of European theater. It will be of interest to scholars and students in both theater history and Italian studies.
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Scripts and Scenarios: The Performance of Comedy in Renaissance Italy
This book examines the scripted stage comedies of the Italian Renaissance, tracing their transition from closed courtly audiences to a wider public. It concentrates on the performing values of their scripts rather than their literary qualities, in order to demonstrate their links with improvised commedia dell'arte, and thus explores in a new way a crucial phase in the development of European theater. It will be of interest to scholars and students in both theater history and Italian studies.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780521034159 |
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Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Publication date: | 02/15/2007 |
Pages: | 316 |
Product dimensions: | 5.94(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.75(d) |
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