commedia dell'arte
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commedia dell'arte, Italian popular character comedy, in which masked professional actors improvised on a traditional plot. It developed in the 16th cent., but some critics postulate an even earlier origin in the mime of the popular Latin
Atellan fables. Its main characters came to be fixed into farcical types (e.g. Harlequin, Pulcinella, Pantaloon, Columbine).
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Arty overkill rips life from a classic; Temperatures rise: Rory Nolan and Simone Kirby in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 10/10/2008; 698 words
; ...theatre company is well known for productions in commedia dellarte style: a 15th century practice that uses stock characters...laws for the family farm. Unfortunately, the commedia dellarte technique has uneven results. It seems to work most...
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Perusing pantos past ; Panto legend: The late Maureen Potter mugs for the camera outside Dublins Gaiety Theatre in 2000.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 12/19/2007; 700+ words
; ...comically made-up middle-aged man will don thefrumpish attire of the production dame. Its a variation of the Commedia dellarte, a form of popular theatre that waswidely performed in Italy in the early middle ages. However, the first recorded...
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BAD NEWS FROM THE FRONT FOR GENERAL BIFFO.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 9/16/2008; 700+ words
; ...political parties hold think-ins, but nobody holds a think-in quite like Fianna F?il. By now, the freewheeling commedia dellarte has developed its annual set-piece rituals. Opportunistic backbenchers mumble conspiratorially by the front entrance...
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EUROPA AN DEN POLEN
Magazine article from: Film - Dienst; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...kommen in ein fremdes Land und die seltsamsten Situationen. Meinen Film sehe ich zwischen Comdie Burlesque und Commedia dellArte. Warum ausgerechnet die Stdte Moskau, Istanbul, Santiago de Compostela und Berlin? Sthr: Die Machbarkeit stand...
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February 09: Here's what's playing this month at TCG theatres nationwide. For the most up-to-date information about performance schedules, contact the theatre or visit Theatre Profiles online: www.tcg.org/profiles.(ON STAGE)(Calendar)
Magazine article from: American Theatre; 2/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...Kolvenbach; dir: Esther Emery. Thru Feb 22. Dell'Arte International, Blue Lake, (707) 668-5663, www.dellarte.com Commedia dell'Arte, created by first-year students. Feb 5-7. Adaptations, MFA ensemble-created. Feb 19-22...
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