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Comedy and the Public Sphere : the Rebirth of Theatre as Comedy and the Genealogy of the Modern Public Arena.
Published 2012Table 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 Artificial Body in Fashion and Art : Marionettes, Models and Mannequins.
Published 2016Table of Contents: “…Cover page; Halftitle page; Praise page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 CLOTHES OF CARNIVAL: PERSONAL PUPPETEERING AND ROLE PLAY; Precursors: Atellan farce; Pulchinello and Punch; Commedia clowns and the mind-body problem; Representations of the commedia dell'arte in art; 2 A SOUL IN CONTROL: THE ART OF THE AUTOMATON; Early automata; Pygmalion and Pygmalionism; Vaucanson; The art of automata; The chess-playing Turk; The end of a fantasy, the beginning of a contrivance.…”
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Giorgio Strehler Directs Carlo Goldoni / Scott Malia.
Published 2013Table 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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The theatres of Molière / Gerry McCarthy.
Published 2002Table 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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Menander to Marivaux : the History of a Comic Structure.
Published 2000Table 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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Popular theatre : a sourcebook / edited by Joel Schechter.
Published 2003Table 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.
Published 1995Table 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. …”
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The theatres of Molière / Gerry McCarthy.
Published 2002Table 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).
Published 2010Streaming video (Emerson users only)
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L'Avare de Molière (Analyse de l'oeuvre) : Comprendre la littérature avec lePetitLittéraire.fr.
Published 2016Table 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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Les Fourberies de Scapin de Molière (Analyse de l'oeuvre): Comprendre la littérature avec lePetitLittéraire.fr.
Published 2017Table 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.
Published 1992Table 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?…”
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Telling stories : a grand unifying theory of acting techniques / Mark Rafael.
Published 2008Table 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. …”
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Comedy Tonight! V 16 : Comedy Tonight!.
Published 1753Table 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.
Published 1996Table 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. …”
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Pierrot : a Critical History of a Mask.
Published 2014Full text (Emerson users only)
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