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Commedia dell’arte Character Names

Justin Cash UpdatedJune 10, 2020

A comprehensive list of more than 300 commedia dell’arte characters divided into masters/lovers/servants (male/female). Masters Lovers Servants Vecchi (plural) Innamorati (plural) Zanni Vecchio (old men) Innamorato (male) Vecchia (old women) Innamorata (female) Amoroso Male Male…

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Commedia dell’arte Characters Gallery

Justin Cash UpdatedJune 10, 2020

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Image gallery of popular Commedia dell’Arte characters, compiled to assist teachers and students of theatre.

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33 Unusual Theatre of the Absurd Conventions

Justin Cash UpdatedNovember 8, 2021

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The theatre of the absurd was a short-lived yet significant theatrical movement, centred in Paris in the 1950s. Unusual in this instance was the absence of a single practitioner spearheading the form. Largely based on the…