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Winner, 2007 University & College Designers Association Design Award Nobody says Shakespeare is dead, Antonio Fava tells us , but Commedia, they say, is dead. Why? Because clearly, he goes on, we have Shakespeare's texts, but nobody knows what to do with the improvisation that is the basis of the Commedia dell'Arte, despite massive documentation. This book by Fava, one of the few living master teachers of Commedia dell'Arte, is the first aesthetic and methodological study of the traditional Italian theater form--the first to describe, in a precise and practical way, what Commedia is and what it should be. The mask--as object, symbol, character, theatrical practice, even spectacle itself--is the central metaphor around which Fava builds his discussion of structure, themes, characters, and methods. Drawing on twenty years of research conducted through his work as performer, director, mask maker, and scholar, he offers extensive practical, philosophical, and technical guidelines to performing the stock characters of Commedia, observing its structure, extracting its poetics, exploring its themes, and using the mask. A densely layered text combining historical fact, personal experience, philosophical speculation, and passionate opinion, and including copious illustrations--period drawings, prints, and color photographs of leather Commedia masks made by Fava himself-- The Comic Mask in the Commedia dell'Arte is a rich work of singular insight into one of the world's most venerable forms of theater.

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Publisher
Northwestern University Press
ISBN-10
0810123681
ISBN-13
9780810123687
eBay Product ID (ePID)
51576378

Product Key Features

Book Title
Comic Mask in the Commedia Dell'arte : Actor Training, Improvisation, and the Poetics of Survival
Author
Antonio Fava
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Topic
European / General, Acting & Auditioning
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Drama, Performing Arts
Number of Pages
262 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
16.8 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Pq4155.F3813 2007
Table of Content
Foreword Introduction: The Comedy Goes On 1. The Mask 2. The Commedia dell'Arte 3. Poetic and Aesthetic Particulars of Commedia dell-Arte 4. The Structure of Improvisation 5. Method 6. Techniques Notes Glossary Bibliography
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2006-026839
Dewey Decimal
792.230945
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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