Rococo. Channel Four (Great Britain).

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Truly madly deeply / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; a BBC Films production ; a film by Anthony Minghella ; producer, Robert Cooper ; written and directed by Anthony Minghella.

The Tempest : a critical reader / edited by Alden T. Vaughan and Virginia Mason Vaughan.

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Will & Grace : the complete series / Komut Entertainment in association with Three Sisters Entertainment and NBC Studios, Inc. ; created by David Kohan and Max Mutchnick ; producers, Tim Kaiser, Jhoni Marchinko ; director, James Burrows.

Our dramatic heritage / edited by Philip G. Hill.

Stages of evil : occultism in Western theater and drama / Robert Lima. by Lima, Robert

Table of Contents: “…The masks of Harlequin : daemonic antecedents of the Commedia Dell'Arte character --…”

La dama y Galán Aquiles (El monstruo de los jardines) by Calderón de la Barca, Pedro

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The player / Fine Line Features ; Avenue Pictures in association with Spelling Entertainment presents ; a David Brown/Addis-Wechsler production ; a Robert Altman film ; screenplay by Michael Tolkin ; produced by David Brown, Michael Tolkin, Nick Wechsler ; directed by Robert Altman. by Newman, Thomas, 1955-

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The Guild. produced by Felicia Day, Kim Evey ; written by Felicia Day ; directed by Sean Becker.

Buchkultur und Wissensvermittlung in Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit / herausgegeben von Andreas Gardt, Mireille Schnyder und Jürgen Wolf ; unter Mitarbeit von Susanne Schul.

Table of Contents: “…Eine neue Quelle zum europäischen Kulturtransfer in der Hofgesellschaft und zur Rezeption der Commedia dell'arte in Deutschland /…”
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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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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.…”

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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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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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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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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The Artificial Body in Fashion and Art : Marionettes, Models and Mannequins. by Geczy, Adam

Table 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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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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Theater appreciation / author: Elizabeth Drake-Boyt. by Drake-Boyt, Elizabeth

Table of Contents: “…-- Definition -- Not for Entertainment Alone -- Both Craft &amp -- Art -- Attributes of Theater -- Theatrical Spaces -- Basic Theater Types -- Historical Background -- Origins of Prehistory -- Earliest Civilizations -- Festival Theater -- Greek Tragedies &amp -- Comedies -- Medieval Festival Theater -- Liturgical Dramas -- Non-Liturgical Plays -- Cycle, Passion, &amp -- Miracle Plays (Pageant Plays) -- Late Medieval &amp -- Early Renaissance: Northern Europe -- Earliest Professional Dramatists: For Gain &amp -- Profit -- Hellenistic Greek &amp -- Roman Empire -- Renaissance Theater -- Opera -- Court Masques -- Commedia dell'arte (Comedy of Professional Actors) -- Elizabethan Dramatists Pre-Shakespeare -- Shakespeare's Theater -- Restoration Dramas -- Romanticism -- Early American Theaters -- American Pioneer Theater -- Melodramas -- Vaudeville -- Minstrel Shows -- Modern Opera -- Operettas -- Modern Theater -- Global Diversity -- Basic Parts of a Modern Theater Building -- Putting on a Play: A Creative Collaboration -- Backstage Superstitions -- Types of Modern Theatrical Companies -- Fully Professional -- Regional &amp -- Repertory -- Community or Civic -- Educational -- Other -- Popular Plays.…”
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