Scripts and Scenarios

This Book Examines The Scripted Stage Comedies Of The Italian Renaissance Tracing Their Transition From Closed Courtly Audiences To A Wider Public. It Concentrates On The Performing Values Of Their Scripts Rather Than Their Literary Qualities In Order To Demonstrate Their Links With Improvised Commedia Dell''Arte And Thus Explores In A New Way A Crucial Phase In The Development Of European Theater. It Will Be Of Interest To Scholars And Students In Both Theater History And Italian Studies.