| Performance and Literature in the Commedia Dell'arte Contributor(s): Henke, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521643244 ISBN-13: 9780521643245 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2003 Annotation: The actors of the commedia dell'arte (the sixteenth-century Italian professional theater) usually did not perform from scripted drama. They improvised their performances from a shared plot and thorough knowledge of individual character roles. Robert Henke analyzes commedia dell'arte texts to demonstrate how the spoken word and written literature were combined in performance. Henke examines primary sources including performance accounts, actors' contracts, letters and other documents. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - General - Literary Criticism | Asian - General - Literary Criticism | European - General |
| Dewey: 792.2 |
| LCCN: 2003268759 |
| Series: Theatre in Europe: A Documentary History |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.30 lbs) 278 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
