01973nam a2200325 i 4500 197770 InACL 20260926144604.0 260926s1993 xxk 0 eng d 9780521353571 0521353572 InACL eng rda InACL 852.05230903 AND 23 Andrews, Richard Professor of Italian. author Scripts and scenarios : the performance of comedy in Renaissance Italy / Andrews, Richard Professor of Italian. Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press, 1993 298 pages text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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 theater. It will be of interest to scholars and students in both theater history and Italian studies. Italian drama -- To 1700 -- History and criticism. Italian drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism. Theater -- Italy -- History -- 16th century. Renaissance -- Italy. History History and criticism Italian drama Italian drama (Comedy) 632708 632708 0 0 0 0 ACL ACL GEN 2026-09-26 0 852.05230903 AND 197770 2026-09-26 14:46:04 2026-09-26 BK