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Eduardo De Filippo as Pulcinella, a character from the commedia dell'arte Commedia dell'arte troupe I Gelosi performing, by Hieronymus Francken I, c. 1590. Commedia dell'arte [a] was an early form of professional theatre, originating from Italian theatre, that was popular throughout Europe between the 16th and 18th centuries.
Harlequin wore a very small hat, the mask was sometimes swapped out for a face-painted diamond, and the costume pattern became entirely made up of diamonds with a small bow or collar. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Brighella wore a servant's suit of rough off-white fabric, trimmed with green on the sides of his pants and down the front of his long shirt.
Unlike the majority of half masks in commedia dell'arte, il Dottore's mask is unique in that it is a one-third mask; the mask itself is meant to be a parody of a Bolognese jurisconsult. [14] [16] The actor's cheeks may sometimes have rouge applied to imply that il Dottore is fond of drinking. [16]
Gianduja (commedia dell'arte), a mask which represents Turin and Piedmont in general Gianduja (chocolate) , a preparation of chocolate with hazelnut paste See also
Brighella, from the 16th century. Brighella (Bergamasque dialect: Brighèla) is a comic, masked character from the Italian theatre style commedia dell'arte.His early costume consisted of loosely fitting, white smock and pants with green trim and was often equipped with a batocio (also batacchio or battacio, depending on region) or slapstick, or else with a wooden sword.
Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... is the traditional mask and character of the Commedia dell'arte representing the city of Modena. [1] Origin
The costumes of the lovers were the fashion of the day, and the extravagance of the lovers costumes often represented the status of the commedia dell'arte company. [5] The lovers never wear the masks, which is characteristic of most of the other stock characters in the commedia dell'arte.
In the commedia dell'arte, Gianduja is a fond drinker and a very lecherous character, and Giacometta, his lover, always becomes jealous of him. [3] Personality-wise, he always has a happy humour. He is dressed (in the usual version) with a tricorn hat and a brown jacket with red borders.