{"product_id":"performing-commedia-dellarte-15701630-9780367085650","title":"Performing Commedia dellArte 15701630","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePerforming Commedia dellâArte, 1570-1630\u003c\/em\u003e explores the performance techniques employed in commedia dellâarte and the ways in which they served to rapidly spread the ideas that were to form the basis of modern theatre throughout Europe. This book is winner of Ennio Flaiano Award in \u003ci\u003eItalianistica\u003c\/i\u003e, 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters include one on why, what, and how actors improvised, one on acting styles, including dialects, voice and gesture; and one on masks and their uses and importance. These chapters on historical performance are followed by a coda on commedia dellâarte today. Together they offer readers a look at both past and present iterations of these performances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuitable for both scholars and performers, \u003ci\u003ePerforming Commedia dellâArte, 1570-1630 \u003c\/i\u003ebears on essential questions about the techniques of performance and their utility for this important theatrical form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e''Performing Commedia dell’Arte, 1570–1630\u003c\/em\u003e takes this method as its subject, exploring the practicalities of arte performance, and the social, cultural, and political contexts of Italian professional theatrical production, during its sixty-year ‘golden age’..... It is a masterclass in synthesising often disparate sources, and speaks to the innovative nature of what is no doubt an important book that makes a significant contribution to our understanding of this elusive theatre.'' \u003cstrong\u003eTom Roberts Exeter College, Oxford; \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEarly Modern Literary Studies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e''Natalie Crohn Schmitt’s new work makes a valuable addition to her previous Befriending the Commedia dell’Art of Flaminio Scala which highlighted dimensions of the commedia dell’arte often overlooked, with close readings that paid attention to Scala’s mastery of literary devices and rhetorical flourishes. In Performing Commedia dell’Arte, 1570–1630 \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eshe goes much deeper in her analysis of the means and methods the actors employed: improvisation, acting styles, and masks.\u003c\/em\u003e'' \u003cstrong\u003eRosalind Kerr, University of Alberta\u003c\/strong\u003e; \u003cem\u003eRenaissance and Reformation\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Improvisation: why, what, how 2. Acting styles: dialects, voice, gesture; 3. The uses of masks; 4. Coda: commedia dell’arte today; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401875497303,"sku":"9780367085650","price":47.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/performing-commedia-dellarte-15701630-9780367085650","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}