Commedia dell'arte staging and staging practices
Commedia dell'arte began in the 16th century.[1] When it began, it was performed outside in piazzas,[2] theatres,[3][4][5] and public meeting halls and courts.[6][7]
There were several indoor stages to choose from. With the rise in popularity of commedia also came the expansion of theatre technology.[8] This new technology was not available to all commedia troupes, but when it was they often took advantage of it.[7] Communities often made ways to aid these troupes in finding places to perform, converting private homes and town halls.[6] When the troupes went to Europe, they used what theatres they could find and would also try to build new ones to continue aiding the art.[9]
Outdoor stages were utilized by dramatizing the daily lives, where merchants had to try and get the people's attention from the stage.[2][4] They often had a backdrop to show a general location.[10] Some scholars debate the immense stigma and hatred generated by these troupes.[11] This could have played a part in deterring people from performing in the street due to this stigma.[1] This stigma grew so much that actress Isabella Andreini wrote to the governor of Milan complaining about them.[4]
The earliest knowledge of commedia staging is when Ferdinand, a son of Albrecht V, Duke of Bavaria, went to Florence for a wedding.[1][7] [12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Katritzky, M.A. (2006-01-01). The art of commedia : a study in the Commedia dell'Arte 1560-1620 with special reference to the visual records. Rodopi. ISBN 9042017988. OCLC 69983670.
- ^ a b Johnson, Eugene (2000). "Jacopo Sansovino, Giacomo Torelli, and the Theatricality of the Piazzetta in Venice". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 4 (4): 436–453. doi:10.2307/991620. JSTOR 991620.
- ^ Toughy, Thomas (2009). "Herculean Ferrara: Ercole d'Este (1471-1505) and the Invention of Ducal Capital". Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ a b c Henke, Robert (2002). "Performance and Literature in the Commedia dell'Arte". Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.: 19–34.
- ^ Pallen, Thomas (1999). "Vasari on Theatre". Carbondale, US: Southern Illinois University Press.: 28–32.
- ^ a b Johnson, Eugene (2005). "The Architecture of Italian Theatre around the Time of William Shakespeare". Shakespeare Studies: 23–50.
- ^ a b c Lea, Kathleen (1962). Italian Popular Comedy. Vol. 1. New York: Russell & Russell. p. 162.
- ^ Chaffee, Judith; Crick, Olly (February 2017). The Routledge companion to Commedia dell'Arte. Routledge. ISBN 9781138224995. OCLC 877366486.
- ^ Henke, Robert (2008). "Border Crossing in the Commedia dell'Arte". Transitional Exchange in Early Modern Theatre, Burlington, US: Ashgate: 27–30.
- ^ Ferguson, Ronnie (1999). "Venues and Staging in Ruzante's Theatre: A Practitioners Experience". The Renaissance Theartre: Texts, Performance, Design, Aldershore UK: Cambridge University Press.: 146–159.
- ^ Dixon, Michael Bigelow; Smith, Val (2000-01-01). 500 years of theatre history : from the Brown-Forman Classics in Context Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Smith and Kraus. OCLC 42475671.
- ^ Commedia dell'arte performance : context and contents. Southeastern Theatre Conference and the University of Alabama Press. 1993-01-01. OCLC 47010263.
Further reading
[edit]- www.schloesser-bayern.com/fileadmin/sites/schlbay/pano/nbay/la-trntz/pano-sv.html?pano=eg/kasse/pano.xml&parLanguage=en
- French Theatre in the Neo-Classical Era 1550-1789 by William Howarth
- Mazzoni, Stefano and Ovidio Guaita (1985) Il teatro di Sabbioneta, Florence, Italy: L.S. Olschki
- McKendrik, Melveena (1989) Theatre in Spain, 1490-1700, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
- Oreglia, Giacomo (1968) The Commedia dell'arte, Levett F Edwards (tr.), New York: Hill and Wang
- Pallen, Thomas (1999) Vasari on Theatre. Carbondale, US: Southern Illinois University Press.
- Posner, Donald (1977) "Jacques Callot and the Dances Called Sfessania," The Art Bulletin 59, no. 2: 203-216
- Scott, Virginia (2009) Women on the Stage in Early Modern France, 1540-1750. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.