Scripts and Scenarios - The Performance of Comedy in Renaissance Italy (Hardcover)

The Italian Renaissance produced a new type of stage comedy, experimental and even revolutionary in its time, by copying and updating the dramatic formats of Plautus and Terence from ancient Rome. These scripted comedies, first written and performed for private audiences, ranged in tone from sober moralism to scurrilous farce, and influenced European dramatists from Shakespeare to Moliere and Lope de Vega. This book gives an account of how the new dramatic experiment was born and grew, moving from closed courtly audiences to a wider public. It examines the performing values of these scripts rather than their literary qualities, in order to demonstrate their links with improvised commedia dell'arte, and thus explores a crucial phase in the development of European theatre. It will be of interest to scholars and students in both theatre history and Italian studies.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 1993
First published:	1993
Authors:	Richard Andrews
Dimensions:	234 x 157 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	316
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-35357-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-35357-2
Barcode:	9780521353571

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