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.
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