Gallant and libertine : eighteenth-century French divertissements and parades / edited, translated, and with an introduction, by Daniel Gerould.

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Pierrot in Petrograd : the Commedia dell'arte/Balagan in twentieth-century Russian theatre and drama / J. Douglas Clayton. by Clayton, J. Douglas

Table of Contents: “…-- 2 Improvisation and Dissonance: Commedia dell'Arte and the Crisis in Theatre -- 3 Pierrot Comes to Petersburg: 1903â€?…”
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The triumph of Pierrot : the commedia dell'arte and the modern imagination / Martin Green & John Swan. by Green, Martin, 1927-2010

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The history of the harlequinade. by Sand, Maurice, 1823-1889

Subjects: “…Commedia dell'arte. sh 85028889…”

Three loves for three oranges : Gozzi, Meyerhold, Prokofiev / edited by Dassia N. Posner and Kevin Bartig ; with Maria De Simone.

Table of Contents: “…Meyerhold and the Russian commedia dell'arte myth /…”
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Scenery, set, and staging in the Italian Renaissance : studies in the practice of theatre / edited by Christopher Cairns.

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The cloud machinery / Christopher Whyte. by Whyte, C. (Christopher)

Subjects: “…Commedia dell'arte Fiction. sh 85028889…”

The history of the commedia dell'arte in modern Hispanic literature with special attention to the work of García Lorca / David George. by George, David J.

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Pierrot in Petrograd : the Commedia dell'arte/Balagan in twentieth-century Russian theatre and drama / J. Douglas Clayton. by Clayton, J. Douglas

Subjects: “…Commedia dell'arte History and criticism. sh2008101234…”

Antoine Watteau et le style rococo : De la commedia dell'arte à la fête galante. by Reynold de Seresin, Eliane

Table of Contents: “…Page de titre; Antoine Watteau; Contexte; L'éclat de l'absolutisme; L'emprise du classicisme; Le soleil au crépuscule; Biographie; Lever de rideau; Watteau à l'Académie; Foudroyé en pleine gloire; Caractéristiques; Le rouge, le noir ... et le blanc; Un peintre rococo; De la commedia dell'arte à la fête galante; Sélection d'œuvres; Pèlerinage à l'île de Cythère; Pierrot; L'Enseigne; Antoine Watteau, une source d'inspiration; En résumé; Pour aller plus loin; Sources bibliographiques; Sources iconographiques; Source complémentaire; Copyright.…”
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Masks, pierrots, and puppet shows : "Commedia dell' arte" and experimentation on the early twentieth-century Russian stage / by Lurana Donnels O'Malley. by O'Malley, Lurana Donnels, 1964-

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Comedy : plays, theory, and criticism / Marvin Felheim. by Felheim, Marvin, 1914-1979

Table of Contents: “…The poet and his audience / Victor Ehrenberg -- The Commedia dell'arte / Allardyce Nicoll -- Twelfth night / Kenneth Muir -- The satyricon / Petronius.…”

Women's comedic art as social revolution : five performers and the lessons of their subversive humor / Domnica Radulescu. by Radulescu, Domnica, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Isabella's "tricks": carnival and mimicry in sixteenth century Italy -- Caterina Biancolelli: seventeenth century trickster and Parisian coquette -- Franca Rame: militant Isabella, feminist Colombina in twentieth century Italy -- Contemporary American Colombinas: the personal, the public, the intimate, the political, and the comical -- The heritage of the Commedia dell'Arte for today's feminist theaters, comedy and activism, and radical acts by women artists.…”

Women's comedic art as social revolution : five performers and the lessons of their subversive humor / Domnica Radulescu. by Radulescu, Domnica, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Isabella's "Tricks" : Carnival and Mimicry in Sixteenth Century Italy -- Caterina Biancolelli : Seventeenth Century Trickster and Parisian Coquette -- Franca Rame : Militant Isabella, Feminist Colombina in Twentieth Century Italy -- Contemporary American Colombinas : The Personal, the Public, the Political, the Intimate, and the Comical -- The Heritage of the Commedia dell'Arte for Today's Feminist Theaters, Comedy and Activism, and Radical Acts by Women Artists.…”
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A companion to film comedy / edited by Andrew Horton and Joanna E. Rapf.

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Comedy and the public sphere : the rebirth of theatre as comedy and the genealogy of the modern public arena / by Árpád Szakolczai. by Szakolczai, Árpád

Table of Contents: “…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. …”

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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The film comedy reader / edited by Gregg Rickman.

Table of Contents: “…Hoberman -- The trickster kid: harold llyod's one-reel comedies / Ken Bowers -- The three stooges and the commedia dell' arte / Kathleen Chamberlain -- Laurel and hardy / Charles Barr -- 3. …”

Ancient comedy and reception : essays in honor of Jeffrey Henderson / edited by S. Douglas Olson.

Table of Contents: “…Strepsiades' Latin Voice: Two Renaissance Translations of Aristophanes' CloudsThe Trickster Onstage: The Cunning Slave from Plautus to Commedia dell'Arte; Aristophanes in England, 1500-1660; Exaggerating Terence's Andria: Steele's The Conscious Lovers, Bellamy's The Perjur'd Devotee and Terentian Criticism; Roman Comedy and Renaissance Revenge Drama: Titus Andronicus as Exemplary Text; Molière and the Roman Comic Tradition; Jacob Masen's Rusticus imperans (1657) and Ancient Theater; La recepción de Plauto y Terencio en la literatura española.…”
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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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