commedia dell'arte

An illustrated, thirtieth anniversary edition of the Harlan Ellison story about a nonconforming rebel in a future society that has sacrificed personal freedom in exchange for conformity and punctuality.

A collection of essays exploring such fundamental issues as textual segmentation, doubling, improvisation, the relation of the commedia dell'arte to adjacent genres, its role in the development of national theatrical traditions and its revival in recent times.

Discusses the origins and history of the European theatrical medium, and offers a step-by-step guide to using Commedia techniques in performance with sample dialogues and monologues, as well as explanations of each stock character type.

In Renaissance Venice, Angelo, longing to be as famous a clown as his grandfather, decides to do something special with his small part in his grandfather's commedia dell'arte production during Carnival.