Commedia Dell'Arte: A Handbook for Troupes

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Routledge, Jan 4, 2002 - Performing Arts - 272 pages

A companion to John Rudlin's best-selling Commedia dell'Arte: A Handbook for Actors, this book covers both the history and professional practice of commedia dell'arte companies from 1568 to the present day. Indispensable for both the beginner and the professional, it contains historical and contemporary company case histories, details on company organisation, and tips on practical stagecraft.
Essential for students and practitioners, this book enables the reader to understand how successful commedia dell'arte companies function, and how we can learn from past and current practice to create a lively and dynamic form of theatre.
Includes tips on:
* writing a scenario
* mask-making
* building a stage
* designing a backdrop
* costume
* music.
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Contents

Commedia dellarte allimprovviso
1
a collection of images of commedia dellarte put together
8
The DellArte Players Donald Forrest Joan Schirle
15
Francesco Andreini frontispiece from Le Bravure dl
23
Fabrizio de Fornaris as Capitano Coccodrillo with
33
Giovan Battista Andreini lsabella Andreinis first son from
46
Commedia now
51
Masks for Harlequin ll Capitano and Brighella by Ninian
55
Typical houses and entrances of a trestle stage
190
Mask making
199
Mask making mask buckbase board
201
Mask making mixing bowl
208
Mask making female mould
209
The stage
212
Overhead sightlines
213
Stage construction
214

The Unfortunati in A Plague on You
63
Capitano Spavento Jonathan Coyn in The Oxford Stage
84
Petit Pierre Fraggle
97
Michael Fields in Performance Anxiety
102
Forming a company 737
131
Training a company
137
Diagram of stage positions
166
Rehearsing and performing 777
171
Writing a scenario
189
Stage construction
215
Backdrop frame design
219
Curtain design
220
Backdrop gantry design
223
Costume
225
Zanni costume pattern
226
Notes
237
lndex
246
Copyright

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John Rudlin,Olly Crick
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John Rudlin,Olly Crick
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Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2002)

John Rudlin is a freelance theatre director, playwright and author. Olly Crick is a drama lecturer at Hereford College of Art and Design.

Bibliographic information

TitleCommedia Dell'Arte: A Handbook for Troupes
AuthorsOliver Crick, John Rudlin
PublisherRoutledge, 2002
ISBN1134629826, 9781134629824
Length272 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Art / General
Art / Performance
Performing Arts / Acting & Auditioning
Performing Arts / General
Performing Arts / Theater / Direction & Production
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