Angelo Beolco (Il Ruzzante)
aka the Italian Shakespeare
first prominent Commedia person
actor, writer, philosopher, and poet
Isabella Andreini
Scala's Company
Latin scholar
honored by many monarchies in her day
Francesco Andreini, her husband, was also well known
he played Capitano
created Sicilian Doctor and Falcirone the Magician
played many instruments
spoke many languages
member of Spensierati
poet and writer
fig 1. Veronese, Paolo. Portrait of Isabella Andreini, 1585-1588. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Andreini. Accessed September 23, 2021.
Then
Il Gelosi
1569-1604
invited to perform for Henri III of France and King Henry
Isabella and Francesco were the stars
Company dissolved after her death
Uniti
1614
ran for two months
Comici Fedeli
1605-52
descendant of Gelosi, run by Isabella's son, Giambattista Andreini
Played in France a lot
Performed many of Andreini's own works
Now
Ophaboom
began in 1991
English theatre company with a Commedia focus
Touring Company
La Compagnie des Trois Oranges
founded in 1998
based in France
formed by Amanda Speed and Sylvie Thoraval
not only for Commedia, but it's their most consistent performance
fig 2. Duncan, Rachel. Modern Commedia Actors, 2016. Theatre Nerds, https://theatrenerds.com/tracing-modern-comedy-to-commedia-dellarte/. Accessed September 23, 2021.
Modern Comedy
Commedia stock characters and scenarios can be seen in modern day films
People like Charlie Chaplin and the Marx Brothers are prominent examples of that
Works Cited:
Duchartre, Pierre L. The Italian Comedy, Dover Publications, 1966.
Rudlin, John. commedia dell'arte, Routledge, 2001.
can you put fig. 2 citation underneath the photo?-allie
For the bullet that starts each section i think you should increase the font size - MV