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008			260926s1993 xxk 0 eng d
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040			_aInACL _beng _erda _cInACL
082	0	4	_a852.05230903 _bAND _223
100	1		_aAndrews, Richard Professor of Italian. _eauthor
245	1	0	_aScripts and scenarios : _bthe performance of comedy in Renaissance Italy / _cAndrews, Richard Professor of Italian.
264		1	_aCambridge [England] : _bCambridge University Press, _c1993
300			_a298 pages
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_aThe 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.
650		0	_aItalian drama -- To 1700 -- History and criticism.
650		0	_aItalian drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism.
650		0	_aTheater -- Italy -- History -- 16th century.
650		0	_aRenaissance -- Italy.
650		0	_aHistory
650		0	_aHistory and criticism
650		0	_aItalian drama
650		0	_aItalian drama (Comedy)
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