Performance and Literature in the Commedia Dell'arte (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521643245)

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.

Author: Robert Henke
ISBN-10: 0521643244
ISBN-13: 9780521643245
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/12/2002
Pages: 278
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.90d