The most important theatrical movement in sixteenth- and early
seventeenth-century Europe, the commedia dell'arte has inspired
playwrights, artists, and musicians including Moliere, Dario Fo,
Picasso, and Stravinsky. Because of its stock characters,
improvised dialogue, and extravagant theatricalism, the commedia
dell'arte is often assumed to be a superficial comic style. With
Befriending the Commedia dell'Arte of Flaminio Scala, Natalie Crohn
Schmitt demolishes that assumption.
By reconstructing the commedia dell'arte scenarios published by
troupe manager Flaminio Scala (1547-1624), Schmitt demonstrates
that in its Golden Age the commedia dell'arte relied as much on
craftsmanship as on improvisation and that Scala's scenarios are a
treasure trove of social commentary on early modern daily life in
Italy.
In the book, Schmitt makes use of her intensive research into
the social and cultural history of sixteenth-century Italy and the
aesthetic principles of the period. She combines this research with
her insights drawn from studying with contemporary commedia
dell'arte performers and from directing a production of one of
Scala's scenarios. The result is a new perspective on the commedia
dell'arte that illuminates the style's full richness.
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