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"Commedia dell'arte," a 16th century Italian dramatic genre, was well known in Shakespeare's England. Masked actors improvised on familiar plots and worked familiar characters into comedic versions of serious stories. Part farce, part deconstruction, part social commentary, the t...

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Corporate Authors: Creative Arts Television (Firm), Camera Three Productions
Other Authors: Alaimo, Michael, Dannenberg, Michael, David, Martin, David, Norman, Havinga, Nick, Mann, Allan, Moglen, Sig, Morrison, James, 1888-1974
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Kent, CT : Creative Arts Television, 2000.
Series:Theatre in video.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Commedia dell'arte.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.
Internet videos.
Online Access:Connect to this online video
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Summary:"Commedia dell'arte," a 16th century Italian dramatic genre, was well known in Shakespeare's England. Masked actors improvised on familiar plots and worked familiar characters into comedic versions of serious stories. Part farce, part deconstruction, part social commentary, the technique has been used here on scenes from Shakespeare's "Hamlet."
Item Description:Originally published as a DVD.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 streaming video (27 min.))