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Books

The Commedia Dell'Arte: An Actor's Handbook by John Rudlin
ISBN: 9780415047692
Publication Date: 1994-03-30
Table of contents: Origins - the mask - Playing commedia - The stock characters - Columbina - Il Capitano - The lovers - The twentieth century, Copeau, Charles Dullin, The Lecoq school, Le theatre du soleil. (Link is to WorldCat.)
Lazzi: The Comic Routines of the Commedia dell'arte by Mel Gordon (Editor)
ISBN: 9780933826694
Publication Date: 2001-07-01
Contents: Lazzi : the comic routines of the Commedia dell'Arte / by Mel Gordon: Pulcinella, the false prince / translated by Claudio Vicentini: Pulcinella, the physician by force / translated by Claudio Vicentini. (Link is to WorldCat.)
Playing Commedia: A Training Guide to Commedia Techniques
ISBN: 9780325003467
Publication Date: 2001-02-21
This book consists of practical games and exercises to introduce actors, directors, and teachers to the skill, characters, and history of Commedia dell' Arte. (Link is to WorldCat.)

Article

Commedia Dell'arte
Topic overview. Defines Commedia dell'arte (a term applied to both the early Italian commercial theater in general and to a format institutionalized by sixteenth-century professional actors' improvisations on a three-act scenario), and gives examples of works and playwrights. Includes a bibliography of sources for further reading. Author: Louise George Clubb. "Commedia Dell'arte." Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World, edited by Jonathan Dewald, vol. 2, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004, pp. 8-10. Gale eBooks,

Website

Create a Commedia Dell’Arte Character
Information on Commedia dell’arte, including the historical background, classic characters, common themes and scenarios, suggestions for acting Commedia, and links to other resources. June 15, 2015, on the Theatrefolk.com blog, written and edited by Lindsay Price.

Pantalone & Harlequin, Commedia dell'Arte, Color lithograph based on an image from the 17th century - Britannica ImageQuest The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assigns two-letter codes for country-coded top-level domains in Internet addresses. (See link to full country code list below.) These codes follow the ISO 2-alpha codes assigned by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) under its standard ISO 3166 in nearly all cases.

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Sample search for websites from Italy with information on Commedia dell'arte: site:it commedia dell'arte

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