The Commedia dell’Arte (Paperback)

List of Figures Series Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1: Form, Dramaturgy and Content of Early Commedia dell'Arte 1. The First Professionals 2. Elements of Form: Characters and Dramatic Actions 3. Elements of Form: The Scenario, Lazzi, Improvisation 4. Commedia dell'Arte and Ottonelli's Theology Part 2: Innovations in the 18th Century 5. From Scenario to Script: Riccoboni and Goldoni 6. Riccoboni's Commedia of Civic Responsibility 7. The Commedia dell'Arte in Goldoni's Reform 8. Gozzi's Fable Form: A New Horizon of Expectations Part 3: Adaptations and Revivals 9. Commedia dell'Arte and Grotesque Dance: Gregorio Lambranzi 10. Pulcinellate and Harlequinades 11. Commedia dell'Arte in the Opera Libretto 12. Continuity and Transformation in the 20th Century References Index