pt. I. The commedia dell'arte
Origins
The mask
Playing commedia
pt. II. The stock characters
The zanni
The old men
The lovers
Il Capitano
Colombina
Other masks
Pedrolino
Pulcinella
Scapino
Scaramuccia
Tartaglia
Minor masks
pt. III. The twentieth century
Craig at the Arena Goldoni
Meyerhold Dappertutto
Copeau's new improvised comedy
Charles Dullin : letters from the front
The servant of two masters
The Lecoq school
Le Théâtre du Soleil
The San Francisco Mime Troupe
TNT (The New Theatre)
Dario Fo
Carlo Boso and Antonio Fava
Restoration or renovation?
Appendix. Making a leather mask.