1.7- Theatre During the Italian Renaissance
Comedia dell’arte
- Performed by traveling troupes of professional actors, performed to all kinds of audiences in all kinds of places.
More information: link https://italian.about.com/library/weekly/aa110800a.htm - This was an actor driven comedy with no script, all the lines were improvised. Only an outline of the story was given. Scenery and props were of a very, very limited nature. Stages were portable, or temporary.
More information: https://italian.about.com/library/weekly/aa110800b.htm - Low-brow comedy: farce, slapstick, physical pain, obscene or rude sounds and gestures.
- Stock characters — recognizable masks and costumes
More about the characters:More about stock characters in Commedia dell’arte - Watch Comedia dell’arte in action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFVNzCY-0uE
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFVNzCY-0uE
Italian Renaissance Drama
- Renewed interest in the plays from Ancient Rome, and Greece.
- Most important was the building of a few important playhouses, in particular
- Teatro Olimpico
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No. 1 — September 9th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Italian comedy is very different than American comedy. I wonder what they would think of Family Guy and Robot Chicken.
No. 2 — September 14th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
I think you have to know the culture to get to understand and enjoy the theater performances.
No. 3 — September 17th, 2010 at 9:51 am
It was the Renaissance period equivalent to our “Saturday Night Live”! what a wonderful medium to release social tensions! Laughter is the best medicine.
No. 4 — February 15th, 2012 at 11:48 pm
I found all of this rather interesting. Especially the short comedy act, it gave you a small look into renaissance entertainment.
No. 5 — September 16th, 2012 at 11:09 pm
I, too, thought of today’s “Saturday Night Live.” There are also other versions of this style of theater such as “Kids In the Hall” and “The Whitest Kids You Know.” These incorporate stock characters and heavily use physical comedy and improvised dialog and reactions to each others characters to create comedy.
No. 6 — September 18th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
I really love this because it is so over the top. I’m surprised they have such a great sense of humor back then.
No. 7 — January 14th, 2014 at 1:59 pm
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No. 8 — February 8th, 2014 at 1:25 pm
I did not know that there were characters behaviors in theater, I did enjoy the magnifico character.
No. 9 — May 19th, 2014 at 2:08 pm
I agree with one one of the older comments, i reminds me of Saturday Night Live
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