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Performance and Literature in the Commedia Dell'Arte

Paperback • 2010 • English

Performance and Literature in the Commedia Dell'Arte

By Robert Henke

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This 2002 book explores the commedia dell'arte: the Italian professional theatre in Shakespeare's time. The actors of this theatre usually did not perform from scripted drama but improvised their performances from a shared plot and thorough knowledge of individual character roles. Robert Henke closely considers commedia dell'arte texts to demonstrate how the spoken word and written literature were fruitfully combined in performance. Henke examines a number of primary sources including performanc...Show more

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ISBN

9780521172387

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

Performance and Literature in the Commedia Dell'Arte

Format

Paperback

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