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The Commedia dell'Arte of Flaminio Scala - A Translation and Analysis of 30 Scenarios (Hardcover)
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The Commedia dell'Arte of Flaminio Scala - A Translation and Analysis of 30 Scenarios (Hardcover)
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The Commedia dell'Arte of Flaminio Scala presents a translation and
commentary of selected scenarios composed or collected by the
actor-manager Flaminio Scala that were first published in 1611.
Thirty of Scala's 50 scenarios are included, complete with a
detailed scene-by-scene analysis that demonstrates the methodology
of Italian improvised theatre in the early modern period for the
purposes of study as well as re-creation. Taking into consideration
previous translations of the work, Richard Andrews's English
translation and lengthy analytic commentary of the scenarios
provide an overview of the commedia dell'arte style, describing how
actors fleshed out scenes by inserting existing material from their
repertoire into a plot framework and demonstrating a constant
interchange of plot, characterization, and scene structure that
moved between scripted and improvised comedy. Andrews points out
similarities between the scenarios, borrowings from earlier Italian
scripted comedies, analogies with other early modern drama
including Shakespeare, and the re-use of these components by later
dramatists such as Moliere and Goldoni. An extensive introduction
sets the parameters for the commentaries, giving a description of
commedia dell'arte as a phenomenon, explaining the categories of
masked characters, and describing the nature and structure of the
genre. A comprehensive index is organized for quick reference and
lists which characters and masks appear in which scenarios, as well
as frequent scenic components that recur, such as types of
speeches, relationships, and emotional situations.
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