The Italian Renaissance produced a new type of stage comedy, experimental and even revolutionary in its time, by copying and updating the dramatic formats of Plautus and Terence from ancient Rome. These scripted comedies, first written and performed for private audiences, ranged in tone from sober moralism to scurrilous farce, and influenced European dramatists from Shakespeare to Molière and Lope de Vega. This book gives an account of how the new dramatic experiment was born and grew, moving from closed courtly audiences to a wider public.
It examines the performing values of these scripts rather than their literary qualities, in order to demonstrate their links with improvised commedia dell'arte, and thus explores a crucial phase in the development of European theatre. It will be of interest to scholars and students in both theatre history and Italian studies.
| ISBN: | 9780521353571 |
| Publication date: | 22nd April 1993 |
| Author: | Richard Andrews |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 298 pages |
| Genres: |
Theatre studies |
The Italian Renaissance produced a new type of stage comedy, experimental and even revolutionary in its time, by copying and updating the dramatic formats of Plautus and Terence from ancient Rome. These scripted comedies, first written and performed for private audiences, ranged in tone from sober moralism to scurrilous farce, and influenced European dramatists from Shakespeare to Molière and Lope de Vega.
Scripts and Scenarios features in the following genres: Theatre studies
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Scripts and Scenarios was written by Richard Andrews and published by Cambridge University Press
Scripts and Scenarios has 298 pages
£84.60, reduced from £94.00. Not Available.