Commedia Dell'arte

The Commedia Dell'Arte Which Arose In The 16Th Century Was A Form Of Professional Improvised Theatre. It Gave The World Such Comic Figures (Masks) As Harlequin Pulcinella Pierrot Dottore And Other Stock Characters. Its Only Remaining Textual Sources Are Plot Outlines Called Scenarios. This Book Summarizes In English Virtually All The Literature On The Commedia Dell'Arte Through 1987. This Is A Work Of Exceptional Value Which Can Certainly Be Read For Pleasure In Addition To Being Used For Study Or Reference Given Its Precision Its Breadth Of Coverage An The Smooth Flow Of Its Abstracts.—Letters Dell'Italia