Befriending the Commedia dell'Arte of Flaminio Scala - Natalie Crohn Schmitt

Befriending the Commedia dell'Arte of Flaminio Scala

The Comic Scenarios
Buch | Hardcover
344 Seiten
2014
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4426-4899-9 (ISBN)
82,30 inkl. MwSt
Schmitt demonstrates that the commedia dell’arte relied as much on craftsmanship as on improvisation and that Scala’s scenarios are a treasure trove of social commentary on early modern daily life in Italy.
The most important theatrical movement in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Europe, the commedia dell’arte has inspired playwrights, artists, and musicians including Molière, Dario Fo, Picasso, and Stravinsky. Because of its stock characters, improvised dialogue, and extravagant theatricalism, the commedia dell’arte is often assumed to be a superficial comic style. With Befriending the Commedia dell’Arte of Flaminio Scala, Natalie Crohn Schmitt demolishes that assumption.


By reconstructing the commedia dell’arte scenarios published by troupe manager Flaminio Scala (1547–1624), Schmitt demonstrates that in its Golden Age the commedia dell’arte relied as much on craftsmanship as on improvisation and that Scala’s scenarios are a treasure trove of social commentary on early modern daily life in Italy.


In the book, Schmitt makes use of her intensive research into the social and cultural history of sixteenth-century Italy and the aesthetic principles of the period. She combines this research with her insights drawn from studying with contemporary commedia dell’arte performers and from directing a production of one of Scala’s scenarios. The result is a new perspective on the commedia dell’arte that illuminates the style’s full richness.

Natalie Schmitt is Professor Emerita of Theatre and of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

List of Illustrations


Preface


Part One: Context, Culture, and Aesthetics




Befriending the Text
Character Relationships
The Setting and Life in the Street
Invention

Part Two: Scenario Reconstructions


Method




Day 6: The Jealous Old Man
Day 21: The Fake Sorcerer
Day 25: The Jealous Isabella
Day 36: Isabella [the] Astrologer

Conclusion


Appendix: List of All Scala Scenarios


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index

Reihe/Serie Toronto Italian Studies
Zusatzinfo 4 b&w illustrations
Verlagsort Toronto
Sprache englisch
Maße 161 x 236 mm
Gewicht 660 g
Themenwelt Literatur Lyrik / Dramatik Dramatik / Theater
Kunst / Musik / Theater Theater / Ballett
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-4426-4899-6 / 1442648996
ISBN-13 978-1-4426-4899-9 / 9781442648999
Zustand Neuware
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