Dramaturgy of Commedia dell'Arte

Name: Dramaturgy of Commedia dell'Arte
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Dramaturgy of Commedia dell'ArteAuthor(s): Olly Crick\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367608842, 978-0367608842\nSynopsis\nThis book examines Commedia dell'Arte as a performative genre, and one that should be analysed through the framework of dramaturgy and dramaturgical practice.\n\nThis volume examines the way Commedia has been explored in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and details its reinventors dramaturgic approaches, both focusing in on specific examples such as Jacques Lecoq, Dario Fo and Antonio Fava, and also suggesting how modern discoveries may aid the study of historical performance practice. It also discusses how audiences read and receive masks; the relationship between the different masked and unmasked roles; the range of performance activities that come under the umbrella term improvisation; the performative construction of a role performed live from a scenario; the role of langua.