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Download or read book The Gracioso in Golden Age Theatre and the Commedia Dell'Arte Tradition written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : Monica Leoni
Publisher : National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada
ISBN 13 : 9780612458185
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (581 download)
Download or read book The Gracioso in Golden Age Theatre and the Commedia Dell'Arte Tradition [microform] written by Monica Leoni and published by National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada. This book was released on 1998 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Monica Leoni
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The Gracioso in Golden Age Theatre and the Commedia Dell'Arte Tradition written by Monica Leoni and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation is a critical study of the Spanish comic type, the ' gracioso'. Recent treatment of the 'gracioso' has disregarded his multifaceted personality as well as his complex, theatrical effects. From a perspective informed by theatre history and comic theory, the purpose of this thesis is to reconsider the Spanish comic type and to shed new light on a character usually confined to the shadows of the stage. An investigation of the Spanish clown type leads us to search for a point of departure in terms of this character's literary lineage and his subsequent introduction to Spanish audiences. The influence of the Italian 'Commedia dell'Arte' tradition in Spain and Lope's later "creation" of the 'gracioso' type are discussed, and it is suggested that although the Italian 'zanni' and the Spanish 'gracioso ' may indeed be distant cousins, the latter was, from his first appearances, a more complex figure than may initially have seemed to be the case. Comic theory, both ancient and recent, helps to elucidate the practical aspect of the comic type. An ancient prejudice against comedy and laughter has continued to influence modern treatment of the effect and power of comedy, diminishing the importance of laughter. The significance of carnival laughter is also introduced, suggesting that the 'gracioso' character was often charged with the difficult task of providing carnivalesque images and eliciting a suppressed form of laughter. By considering two of Tirso de Molina's works, the thesis proposes that the playwright recognized the complexity of the carnival phenomenon and yet made a typically "simple" character responsible for its injection into the theatrical experience. In addition to studying laughter from a theoretical point of view, the thesis considers the historical existence of the European court jester. It is suggested that his eventual central position in the courts is represented also on the stage, principally in the 'comedias de figurón'. Much like his historical counterpart the 'gracioso' in these works is pivotal in the development and final resolution of the comic plot, moving from the peripheries to centre stage.
Author : Peter E. Thompson
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 0802093639
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Outrageous Juan Rana Entremeses written by Peter E. Thompson and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Outrageous Juan Rana Entremeses translates a selection of Juan Rana's interludes for the first time, highlighting their literary complexity and providing historical context for the many double meanings and innuendos they contain.
Author : Comediantes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 984 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Bulletin of the Comediantes written by Comediantes and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Judith Chaffee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317613376
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)
Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Commedia dell'Arte written by Judith Chaffee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Commedia dell’Arte came archetypal characters that are still with us today, such as Harlequin and Pantalone, and the rediscovered craft of writing comic dramas and masked theatre. From it came the forces that helped create and influence Opera, Ballet, Pantomime, Shakespeare, Moliere, Lopes de Vega, Goldoni, Meyerhold, and even the glove puppet, Mr Punch. The Routledge Companion to Commedia dell’Arte is a wide-ranging volume written by over 50 experts, that traces the history, characteristics, and development of this fascinating yet elusive theatre form. In synthesizing the elements of Commedia, this book introduces the history of the Sartori mask studio; presents a comparison between Gozzi and Goldoni’s complicated and adversarial approaches to theatre; invites discussions on Commedia’s relevance to Shakespeare, and illuminates re-interpretations of Commedia in modern times. The authors are drawn from actors, mask-makers, pedagogues, directors, trainers and academics, all of whom add unique insights into this most delightful of theatre styles. Notable contributions include: • Donato Sartori on the 20th century Sartori mask • Rob Henke on form and freedom • Anna Cottis on Carlo Boso • Didi Hopkins on One Man, Two Guv’nors • Kenneth Richards on acting companies • Antonio Fava on Pulcinella • Joan Schirle on Carlo Mazzone-Clementi and women in Commedia • and M.A. Katritzky on images Olly Crick is a performer, trainer and director, having trained in Commedia under Barry Grantham and Carlo Boso. He is founder of The Fabulous Old Spot Theatre Company. Judith Chaffee is Associate Professor of Theatre at Boston University, and Head of Movement Training for Actors. She trained in Commedia with Antonio Fava, Julie Goell, Stanley Allen Sherman, and Carlos Garcia Estevez.
Author : Judith Beniston
Publisher : MHRA
ISBN 13 : 9780901286840
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (868 download)
Download or read book Welttheater written by Judith Beniston and published by MHRA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hugo von Hofmannsthal had a lifelong fascination with the theatrum mundi topos. Judith Beniston analyses his changing responses to it against an unfamiliar backdrop - the revival of Catholic drama which, from the 1890s onwards, accompanied the rise of Austria's Christian Social party. The solipsism of `Jung Wien' and the conservative modernism of the Salzburg Festival are juxtaposed with the career of Richard von Kralik (1852-1934), the key figure in Austria's Catholic literary culture from 1890 to 1934. This study offers close readings of Das kleine Welttheater and Das Salzburger grosse Welttheater, and explores the ramifications of the fascination with the notion of Welttheater which Hofmannsthal and Kralik shared. In juxtaposing elite and popular culture, Beniston sheds new light on a neglected aspect of Austrian cultural history, on the selectivity of Hofmannsthal's approach towards Austria's Baroque tradition, and on the difficulties he faced in his attempt to assimilate his own work into it.
Author : Peter E. Thompson
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 0802089690
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Triumphant Juan Rana written by Peter E. Thompson and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Triumphant Juan Rana, Peter E. Thompson examines the actor's sexuality both on and off the stage and demonstrates that his homosexuality was tolerated, even understood and applauded, by the public.
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Total Pages : 586 pages
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Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Martin Banham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521434379
Total Pages : 1268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (343 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Guide to Theatre written by Martin Banham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-09-21 with total page 1268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on the history and present practice of theater in the world.
Author : Pierre Louis Duchartre
Publisher : New York : Dover Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Italian Comedy written by Pierre Louis Duchartre and published by New York : Dover Publications. This book was released on 1966 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The roots of the Italian commedia dell’arte stretch back to the Atellanae Fabulae, popular farces of ancient Rome. Modern descendants can be found in the antics of a comic like Charles Chaplin. But as an institution it was unique — a perfected theater of improvisation where gifted actors created some of the most memorable characters the theatre has ever seen. It was from this enchanting world that Harlequin and Punch, the Doctor and the Captain, Pantaloon and Brighella emerged to reign over Europe for three centuries. Writers, composers, and painters have drawn inspiration from the commedia; its influence is obvious in the work of Lope de Vega, the English Elizabethan dramatists, Moliére, Callot, Watteau, Cézanne, and Picasso. One of the most important books written on this aspect of theatrical history is this famous study. Tracing the beginnings, growth, and influence of the commedia dell’arte, Duchartre describes the improvisations, staging, masks, scenarios, acting troupes, and characters that made up this special form of theater. Unfortunately, the English translation that appeared in 1929 has been out of print for decades, leaving scholars and theater lovers without a valuable source. This republication brings Duchartre’s account back into print, illustrated with the more than 200 drawings and photographs it originally contained, plus a new pictorial supplement containing 35 plates from the Recueil Fossard, a rare collection of sixteenth-century engravings, and eight plates from Compositions de rhétorique de M. don Arlequin, which gives a view of Harlequin during the Renaissance. Here are some of the reviews this book originally received: “A scrupulously studious work, and a sympathetic one … valuable sourcebook.” — Bookmarks. “Exhaustive and scholarly but hilariously entertaining treatment.” — Christian Century. “The author has gleaned from every source well-ordered information which makes this volume a complete seismographic record of one of the greatest eruptions of the comic spirit in all times.” — Saturday Review of Literature. This republication is sure to be no less well received. It has already merited an enthusiastic response from Eric Bentley: “A very important standard work. Its unavailability of recent years — of recent decades — has been a calamity for all who work in the field. Its reappearance will make a big difference. Dover has earned the gratitude of a whole profession.”
Author : Bonnie B. Busse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (345 download)
Download or read book The Gracioso in Golden Age Drama written by Bonnie B. Busse and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 848 pages
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Download or read book American Doctoral Dissertations written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nicholas R. Jones
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271083921
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Staging Habla de Negros written by Nicholas R. Jones and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, Nicholas R. Jones analyzes white appropriations of black African voices in Spanish theater from the 1500s through the 1700s, when the performance of Africanized Castilian, commonly referred to as habla de negros (black speech), was in vogue. Focusing on Spanish Golden Age theater and performative poetry from authors such as Calderón de la Barca, Lope de Rueda, and Rodrigo de Reinosa, Jones makes a strong case for revising the belief, long held by literary critics and linguists, that white appropriations and representations of habla de negros language are “racist buffoonery” or stereotype. Instead, Jones shows black characters who laugh, sing, and shout, ultimately combating the violent desire of white supremacy. By placing early modern Iberia in conversation with discourses on African diaspora studies, Jones showcases how black Africans and their descendants who built communities in early modern Spain were rendered legible in performative literary texts. Accessibly written and theoretically sophisticated, Jones’s groundbreaking study elucidates the ways that habla de negros animated black Africans’ agency, empowered their resistance, and highlighted their African cultural retentions. This must-read book on identity building, performance, and race will captivate audiences across disciplines.
Author : John Rudlin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415047692
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (476 download)
Download or read book Commedia Dell'arte written by John Rudlin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1994 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining and highly illuminating account of Commedia's origins as a popular theatrical form, plus a practical and timely step-by-step guide to using commedia techniques in performance. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information.Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk.
Author : Domenico Pietropaolo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781350144224
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (442 download)
Download or read book The Commedia Dell'arte written by Domenico Pietropaolo and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What were the origins of commedia dell'arte and how did it evolve as a dramatic form over the next two centuries? How did its relationship to the ruling ideology of the day change during the Enlightenment? What is its legacy today? These are just some of the questions addressed in this authoritative overview of the dramatic, ideological and aesthetic form of commedia dell'arte. The book's three sections examine the changing role of performers and playwrights, improvisatory scenarios and scripted performance, and its function as a vehicle for social criticism, to offer readers a clear understanding of commedia dell'arte's evolution in Renaissance Italy. This study throws new light on the role of women performers; its changing ideological discourse, which included social reform and, later, conservatism and the alienation of ethnic minorities in complicity with its audience; and its later adaptation into hybrid forms including grotesque dance and the giullarata typified by the work of Dario Fo. In a commedia dell'arte play, the agents of the dramatic action are stock characters identified by costume, dialect, style of movement, dramatic function and social class, and they are, among other things, vehicles of the troupe's social criticism. A major product of the new entertainment industry of the Renaissance, commedia dell'arte rose quickly to a position of dominance in the European comic theatre. By the middle of the 18th century, it started to practice more genteel forms of humour and to mutate into other genres, such as the Harlequinade, grotesque dance and scripted comedy, becoming in the process an artistic accomplice of the counter-Enlightenment"--
Author : Market House Books Ltd
Publisher : Penguin (Non-Classics)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The New Penguin Dictionary of the Theatre written by Market House Books Ltd and published by Penguin (Non-Classics). This book was released on 2001 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains over five thousand alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about the theater, covering actors, playwrights, directors, and other significant people; theatrical styles and genres; technical terms and jargon; major plays; and famous buildings and companies.
