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Commedia dell'arte male characters (3 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Commedia dell'arte characters" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
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.
Pulcinella in a 19th-century Italian print Capodimonte porcelain jar with three figures of Pulcinella. Naples, Italy, 1745–1750.. Pulcinella (Italian: [pultʃiˈnɛlla]; Neapolitan: Pulecenella) is a classical character that originated in commedia dell'arte of the 17th century and became a stock character in Neapolitan puppetry.
Pantalone originated as part of a master/servant duo and was the original Il Magnifico stock character. [3] [4] Carlo Goldoni, in his memoirs, named Pantalone as one of the four primary commedia dell'arte characters. [5]
Servant characters in commedia dell'arte. Zanni was of two distinct types: one is an astute, cunning servant and the other is a silly, stupid servant. They were called First Zanni and Second Zanni. Mezzetino and Brighella are examples of the First Zanni; Arlecchino and Pulcinella are examples of the Second Zanni. The Second Zanni provides comic ...
Zanni (Italian:), Zani or Zane is a character type of commedia dell'arte best known as an astute servant and a trickster. The Zanni comes from the countryside and is known to be a "dispossessed immigrant worker". [1] [Note 1] Through time, the Zanni grew to be a popular figure who was first seen in commedia as early as the 14th century. [2]
The re-interpretation of the "devil" stock character as a Zanni character of the commedia dell'arte took place in the 16th century in France. [15] Zan Ganassa , whose troupe is first mentioned in Mantua in the late 1560s, is one of the earliest known actors suggested to have performed the part, [ 4 ] although there is "little hard evidence to ...
Commedia dell'arte characters (2 C, 7 P) G. Plays by Carlo Goldoni (17 P) Plays by Carlo Gozzi (4 P) Pages in category "Commedia dell'arte" The following 66 pages are ...