The Italian Comedy

By Pierre Louis Duchartre and Pierre L. Ducharte

Book Overview

"The Italian Comedy" provides an exhaustive and fascinating exploration of the Commedia dell'arte, the vibrant form of professional improvised theater that originated in Italy and spread its influence... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486216799
• ISBN13: 9780486216799
• Release Date: June 1966
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.9" x 10.7"

Customer Reviews

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Basics+

If one is interested in the Commedia Dell Arte, buy this book. It includes a history, a disscussion of performance method, and a chapter for each of the basic stock characters and their family. Ducharte includes a collection of engravings detailing commedia work. A must. The only thing it lacks is a detailed description of traditional Lazzi.