Comedy and the Public Sphere : the Rebirth of Theatre as Comedy and the Genealogy of the Modern Public Arena. by Szakolczai, Arpad

Table of Contents: “…Transmitting, receiving and nurturing the Byzantine spirit -- The rise of theatre in Venice -- The effect mechanism of Commedia dell'Arte: visions and realities of commedification -- Commedia dell'Arte: schismogenic sub-plots and irresistible stock-types -- Shakespeare: the tragedy of world history being a comedy -- Representing representation: visionary images of Commedia dell'Arte -- The rebirth of Commedia dell'Arte as the Avant-garde. …”
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Androcles and the lion / adapted by Aurand Harris. by Harris, Aurand

The theatres of Molière / Gerry McCarthy. by McCarthy, Gerry

Table of Contents: “…Street and stage -- Education : Jean-Baptiste Poquelin at the Collège de Clermont -- Farceurs : Old French farce and commedia dell'arte -- Country manners -- L'Ècole des femmes and the form of comedy -- The court dramatist -- Stages -- Scenes and costumes -- Acting -- The town playhouse at the Palais-Royal -- The polite audience -- Behaviour reviewed : Le Misanthrope at the Palais-Royal.…”

Giorgio Strehler Directs Carlo Goldoni / Scott Malia. by Malia, Scott, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Strehler and Goldoni in context -- (Re)discovering commedia dell'arte -- A Brechtian arlecchino -- Refractive theatricality -- Copeau, inversion and integration.…”
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Menander to Marivaux : the History of a Comic Structure. by Greene, E. J. H.

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Contents; Preface; Chapter I: The Formula: Structure and Statistics; Chapter II: Sources and Channels; Chapter III: Towards F in France, 1630-1659; Chapter IV: Molière and his Contemporaries; Chapter V: The Conscious Exploitation of F; Chapter VI: Marivaux and his Contemporaries 1715-1760; Chapter VII: The Dissolution of F; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; List of Comedies Considered, 1660-1759; Index; Menander and Greek New Comedy; Plautus; Terence; Commedia umanistica; Commedia erudita; Commedia dell 'arte; French Renaissance Comedy; Trends and Statistics; Corneille.…”
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Slapstick and comic performance : comedy and pain / Louise Peacock. by Peacock, Louise

Popular theatre : a sourcebook / edited by Joel Schechter.

Table of Contents: “…Puppets from Bread and Puppet Theatre to Bunraku and Broadway -- part III. Masks : commedia dell'arte and topeng -- part Ivolume Circus, clowns and jesters -- part volume Cabaret, vaudeville and the Fun Palace -- part VI. …”
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The puppetry yearbook.

Table of Contents: “…Volume One: Introduction / James Fisher -- The voice of the people / George Speaight -- Puppets and the Commedia dell'Arte in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries / Ryan Howard -- Chapbooks and English puppet plays / John Phillips -- Bunraku : the traditional puppet theater of Japan / Kinko Ito -- The development and characterization : puppet figures of Kasperltheater / Martha Freehan -- The Argentine creole puppet theatre (el teatro criollo argentino de títeres) : an exploratory essay / Donald S. …”

The theatres of Molière / Gerry McCarthy. by McCarthy, Gerry

Table of Contents: “…Street and stage -- Education : Jean-Baptiste Poquelin at the Collège de Clermont -- Farceurs : Old French farce and commedia dell'arte -- Country manners -- L'Ècole des femmes and the form of comedy -- The court dramatist -- Stages -- Scenes and costumes -- Acting -- The town playhouse at the Palais-Royal -- The polite audience -- Behaviour reviewed : Le Misanthrope at the Palais-Royal.…”
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The History of Theater / Classroom Video (Firm).

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L'Avare de Molière (Analyse de l'oeuvre) : Comprendre la littérature avec lePetitLittéraire.fr. by Meurée, Florence

Table of Contents: “…Molière; L'Avare; Résumé; Les espoirs de mariage; Rivalité entre le père et le fils; La révélation finale; Étude des personnages; Harpagon; Cléante; Mariane; Valère; Élise; Anselme; Clés de lecture; La commedia dell'arte et les lazzis; L'amour et l'argent, moteurs de l'action; Une comédie sur fond de drame; L'Avare, un bon exemple d'intertextualité; Pistes de réflexion; Pour aller plus loin.…”
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Theatre history explained / Neil Fraser. by Fraser, Neil, 1958-

Les Fourberies de Scapin de Molière (Analyse de l'oeuvre): Comprendre la littérature avec lePetitLittéraire.fr. by Ruch, Ophélie

Table of Contents: “…Molière; Les Fourberies de Scapin; Résumé; Acte I; Acte II; Acte III; Étude des personnages; Scapin; Argante et Géronte; Léandre et Octave; Hyacinte et Zerbinette; Clés de lecture; Contexte historique; Schéma actanciel; Schéma narratif; Genre de l'œuvre; Un valet rusé; Genèse et réception de l'œuvre; L'influence de la commedia dell'arte; Pistes de réflexion; Pour aller plus loin…”
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The director-actor relationship : essays & articles / by John D. Mitchell ; cover art and inside drawings by Matthew James Name. by Mitchell, John D. (John Dietrich), 1917-2005

Table of Contents: “…The theatre of India and Southeast Asia -- Theatre of Western Europe -- The theatre in Russia -- The Moscow Art Theatre in rehearsal -- The theatre of Western Europe: some highlights -- Brecht's theatre, the Berliner Ensemble -- In search of Commedia Dell'Arte -- Andre Gide, rebel and conformist -- The challenge of directing a neo-classical verse tragedy -- Theatre in Mexico moves ahead -- Riches from abroad -- IASTA, an American innovation in workshop production -- The International Amateur Theatre Association -- Is the play the thing?…”

Le médecin volant / Molière. by Molière, 1622-1673

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Telling stories : a grand unifying theory of acting techniques / Mark Rafael. by Rafael, Mark

Table of Contents: “…Alexander -- Antonin Artaud -- Augusto Boal -- Anne Bogart -- Peter Brook -- Robert Brustein -- Jacques Copeau -- Richard Foreman -- Jerzy Grotowski -- Uta Hagen -- Rudolf Laban -- Vsevolod Meyerhold -- Viola Spolin -- Tadashi Suzuki -- Yevgeny Vakhtangov -- Commedia dell'arte -- The living theatre -- Telling classical stories. …”

Comedy Tonight! V 16 : Comedy Tonight!. by Malarcher, Jay

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; The Commedia dell'arte as the Quintessence of Comedy -- Stanley Vincent Longman; Creating New Comic Stereotypes on the Croatian Postwar/ Transition Stage -- Boris Senker; A Method to the Madness: Laughter Research, Comedy Training, and Improv -- Patrick Bynane; Comedy Tonight ... and Tomorrow: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Laughter through the Ages -- Diana Calderazzo; Performing Molière's Comedies: Challenges and Approaches -- Biliana Stoytcheva-Horissian; The Laugh Factory? …”
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Theatrical spaces and dramatic places : the reemergence of the theatre building in the Renaissance.

Table of Contents: “…Hildy -- Mannerist space in early Commedia dell'Arte iconography / Paul C. Castagno -- Spanish buen retiro theatre, 1638-circa 1812 / John Dowling -- Gothic and post-Gothic theatre: cities, paradise, corrales, globes, and olimpico / August W. …”

Pierrot : a Critical History of a Mask. by Storey, Robert F., 1945-

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Theatre Symposium, V18 : the Prop's The Thing: Stage Properties Reconsidered. by Symposium, Theatre

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; Through the Eyes of the Property Director; "Summon up the Blood": The Stylized (or Sticky) Stuff of Violence in Three Plays by Sarah Kane; Helen's Theatrical Mêchanê: Props and Costumes in Euripides' Helen; A Cannonade of Weapons: Signs of Transgression in the Early Commedia dell'arte; Adding Some "PEP" ("Proto-Expressionistic Props") to the Swedish Stage: Strindberg's Property Usage and His Intima Teater; Rattle Away at Your Bin: Women, Community, and Bin Lids in Northern Irish Drama; Bearing Witness: The Noose as an Iconic Prop in African American Theatre.…”
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