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A practical guide to the skills, characters and history of Commedia Dell'Arte through graded games and illustrated exercises - a useful tool in any actor's training and a discipline for all forms of physical theatre.

Chapters include:
* Warm-Up Games
* Mime and Movement Games
* Word Games
* Using Face Masks
* The Legacy of Commedia dell'Arte, a chapter looking at the individual Masks or characters in the traditional Commedia dell'Arte.

Playing Commedia: A Training Guide to Commedia

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      Publisher Nick Hern Books
      Published 9 January 2000
      ISBN-13 9781854594662
      978-1854594662
      ISBN-10 1854594664
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      Entertainment Acting techniques

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A practical guide to the skills, characters and history of Commedia Dell'Arte through graded games and illustrated exercises - a useful tool in any actor's training and a discipline for all forms of physical theatre.

      Chapters include:
      * Warm-Up Games
      * Mime and Movement Games
      * Word Games
      * Using Face Masks
      * The Legacy of Commedia dell'Arte, a chapter looking at the individual Masks or characters in the traditional Commedia dell'Arte.

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