Metamorphoses of Commedia Dell'Arte : whatever happened to harlequin? / John Rudlin.
2022
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Title
Metamorphoses of Commedia Dell'Arte : whatever happened to harlequin? / John Rudlin.
Author
Rudlin, John.
ISBN
9783031105111 (electronic bk.)
3031105117 (electronic bk.)
3031105109
9783031105104
3031105117 (electronic bk.)
3031105109
9783031105104
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Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Language
English
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10.1007/978-3-031-10511-1 doi
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PQ4155
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852.052309
Summary
The Metamorphoses of Commedia dellArte traces the steps by which Commedia has been transformed by cultural contact outside Italy into popular forms which bear little resemblance to the original. The book follows the Masks of Arlecchino, Pedrolino and Pulcinella as they gradually migrate and mutate into Harlequin, Mr. Punch and seaside Pierrot troupes. What happened to Pantalone, Scaramouche, Colombina and the male Lover is also investigated, though they had no final forms of their own. This study constitutes a history of what happened, notably in France and Great Britain, to a supremely popular theatrical genre as a result of changing fashions in entertainment brought on by societal developments, civil and industrial revolution and dynastic change. It investigates how the genre was exploited by management, and even its own stars, lost its vitality and gradually ended up in sunken forms. John Rudlin, now retired, was the founder of Drama courses at Exeter University, UK, and first Head of Department. He left this position to found the Centre Selavy, a Centre in France for the study of outdoor performance. Johns previous publications include Commedia dell'Arte, its Structure and Tradition: Antonio Fava in Conversation with John Rudlin (2020), Jacques Copeau (2009) and Commedia Dell'Arte: A Handbook for Troupes (2002), edited with Olly Crick. .
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METAMORPHOSES OF COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE.
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Table of Contents
Intro
Prologue
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Pantaleowne and Haarlekan
Chapter 2: La Comédie Italienne
Chapter 3: William Hogarth and the Line of Beauty
Chapter 4: Harlequinade to Panto
Chapter 5: Disappeared Without Trace: Scaramouche, Colombina, Pantalone and the Male Lover
Scaramouche
Colombina
Pantaloon
The Lover
Chapter 6: Pulcinella & Zeza
Chapter 7: Punch & Judy
Chapter 8: Pedrolino to Pierrot
Chapter 9: Pierrot to Pierrot Shows and Back
Epilogue
Timeline
References
Index
Prologue
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Pantaleowne and Haarlekan
Chapter 2: La Comédie Italienne
Chapter 3: William Hogarth and the Line of Beauty
Chapter 4: Harlequinade to Panto
Chapter 5: Disappeared Without Trace: Scaramouche, Colombina, Pantalone and the Male Lover
Scaramouche
Colombina
Pantaloon
The Lover
Chapter 6: Pulcinella & Zeza
Chapter 7: Punch & Judy
Chapter 8: Pedrolino to Pierrot
Chapter 9: Pierrot to Pierrot Shows and Back
Epilogue
Timeline
References
Index