Book: Performance And Literature In The Commedia Dell'arte 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.
Details of Book: Performance And Literature In The Commedia Dell'arte Book: Performance And Literature In The Commedia Dell'arte
Author: Robert Henke
ISBN: 0521643244
ISBN-13: 9780521643245
, 978-0521643245
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Date: Dec 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number of Pages: 263
Language: English