Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-276) and index.
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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.
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Origins - the mask - Playing commedia - The stock characters - Columbina - Il Capitano - The lovers - The twentieth century, Copeau, Charles Dullin, The Lecoq school, Le theatre du soleil.