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9780810862074

The Commedia dell'Arte of Flaminio Scala A Translation and Analysis of 30 Scenarios

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  • ISBN13:

    9780810862074

  • ISBN10:

    0810862077

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-10-17
  • Publisher: Scarecrow Press
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Summary

"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."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

The Theater of Tales for Performance
Original Prefaces to the 1611 Volume
The Two Old Twins (Comedy)
Flavio's Luck (Comedy)
The Jealous Old Man (Comedy)
The Husband (Comedy)
The Captain (Comedy)
The Tooth-Puller (Comedy)
The Faithful Loving Pilgrim (Comedy)
Isabella in Trouble (Comedy)
The Mirror (Comedy)
The Two Identical Captains (Comedy)
The Tragic Events (Comedy)
The Two Trusty Notaries (Comedy)
The Fake Magician (Comedy)
The Man Presumed Dead (Comedy)
Isabella's Jealousy (Comedy)
The Broken Promise (Comedy)
Flavio the Fake Magician (Comedy)
The Faithful Friend (Comedy)
The Tutor (Comedy)
The Man Pretending Blindness (Comedy)
Isabella the Astrologer(Comedy)
The Hunt (Comedy)
The Madness of Isabella (Comedy)
The Portrait (Comedy)
The Deserved Punishment (Comedy)
The Demented Princess (Tragedy)
The Comic, Pastoral and Tragic Events (Mixed Drama)
Alvida (Royal Drama)
Rosalba the Enchantress (Heroic Drama)
The Magic Tree (Pastoral)
Bibliography
Index
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