Articles
The following is a list of articles that pertain to the Commedia Dell'arte theatre movement. Some deal with basic principles and elements of the movement while others deal with comparison to more contemporary works. Some of the articles listed will also provide good historical insight into the period.
Altrocchi, Julia Cooley. "Edward de Vere and the Commedia dell' arte." Shakespeare Oxford Newsletter 42.1 (2006): 24. Academic OneFile. Web. 2 May 2012.
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This Article highlights the similarities of Shakespeare's work to that of Commedia Dell'arte plays. The article discusses the fact that no Commedia troupes are known to have visited England with the exception of one. The article discusses Shakespeare's mastery of Commedia Dell'arte.
Hamill, Kyna. "A cannonade of weapons: signs of transgression in the early Commedia Dell'arte." Theatre Symposium 18 (2010): 36+. Academic OneFile. Web. 2 May 2012.
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Hamill offers an in depth look at Commedia Dell'arte and the stero-types and focuses heavily on props used in Commedia Dell'arte.
Hayden, Judy A. "Harlequin, the Whigs, and William Mountfort's Doctor Faustus." Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 49.3 (2009): 573+. Academic OneFile. Web. 2 May 2012.
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"The author argues that the slapstick comic routines for which commedia dell'arte was well-known were not innocuous. In his The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus (1697), produced in 1688, William Mountfort addresses circumspectly the heated controversy over religion and the crown in the months just prior to the Glorious Revolution. Building on contemporary broadsides, ballads, and pamphlet literature that satirized Titus Oates and linked him with the Whigs, the devil, and the Dutch, Mountfort demonstrates concern about the stability of the state. " (abstract taken from article)
Kerr, Rosalind. "M.A. Katritzky. Women, Medicine and Theatre, 1500-1750: Literary Mountebanks and Performing Quacks. Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama." Early Theatre (2009): 186+. Academic OneFile. Web. 2 May 2012.
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This article takes a look at the role of women in early theatre. This is of particular importance becasue the Commedia Dell'arte movement brought about the advent of the actress. This article gives a good overview of women's participation in early theatre.
Knodt, Ellen Andrews. "Hemingway's Commedia Dell'Arte story?: 'out of season'." The Hemingway Review 31.1 (2011): 107+. Academic OneFile. Web. 2 May 2012.
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"Peduzzi, the drunken fishing guide in Hemingway's short story "Out of Season" has generated widely varying interpretations from critics and from Hemingway himself. Readers have tended to focus either on the quarreling married couple or on Peduzzi's point of view. However, an Italian language clue within "Out of Season" the young gentleman's reference to Peduzzi as a "vecchio," may integrate the story's three characters as a modernist version of cornrnedia dell'arte, Italian comic theater. The article examines this premise in light of Hemingway's extensive knowledge of Italian stock characters in literature and opera." (abstract taken from article)
Altrocchi, Julia Cooley. "Edward de Vere and the Commedia dell' arte." Shakespeare Oxford Newsletter 42.1 (2006): 24. Academic OneFile. Web. 2 May 2012.
Academic One File
This Article highlights the similarities of Shakespeare's work to that of Commedia Dell'arte plays. The article discusses the fact that no Commedia troupes are known to have visited England with the exception of one. The article discusses Shakespeare's mastery of Commedia Dell'arte.
Hamill, Kyna. "A cannonade of weapons: signs of transgression in the early Commedia Dell'arte." Theatre Symposium 18 (2010): 36+. Academic OneFile. Web. 2 May 2012.
Academic One File
Hamill offers an in depth look at Commedia Dell'arte and the stero-types and focuses heavily on props used in Commedia Dell'arte.
Hayden, Judy A. "Harlequin, the Whigs, and William Mountfort's Doctor Faustus." Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 49.3 (2009): 573+. Academic OneFile. Web. 2 May 2012.
Academic One File
"The author argues that the slapstick comic routines for which commedia dell'arte was well-known were not innocuous. In his The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus (1697), produced in 1688, William Mountfort addresses circumspectly the heated controversy over religion and the crown in the months just prior to the Glorious Revolution. Building on contemporary broadsides, ballads, and pamphlet literature that satirized Titus Oates and linked him with the Whigs, the devil, and the Dutch, Mountfort demonstrates concern about the stability of the state. " (abstract taken from article)
Kerr, Rosalind. "M.A. Katritzky. Women, Medicine and Theatre, 1500-1750: Literary Mountebanks and Performing Quacks. Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama." Early Theatre (2009): 186+. Academic OneFile. Web. 2 May 2012.
Academic One File
This article takes a look at the role of women in early theatre. This is of particular importance becasue the Commedia Dell'arte movement brought about the advent of the actress. This article gives a good overview of women's participation in early theatre.
Knodt, Ellen Andrews. "Hemingway's Commedia Dell'Arte story?: 'out of season'." The Hemingway Review 31.1 (2011): 107+. Academic OneFile. Web. 2 May 2012.
Academic One File
"Peduzzi, the drunken fishing guide in Hemingway's short story "Out of Season" has generated widely varying interpretations from critics and from Hemingway himself. Readers have tended to focus either on the quarreling married couple or on Peduzzi's point of view. However, an Italian language clue within "Out of Season" the young gentleman's reference to Peduzzi as a "vecchio," may integrate the story's three characters as a modernist version of cornrnedia dell'arte, Italian comic theater. The article examines this premise in light of Hemingway's extensive knowledge of Italian stock characters in literature and opera." (abstract taken from article)