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Quiz #3: Flamino Scala and Commedia dell'arte

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Lovers/Innamorati

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LEILO and ISABELLA Characterized by Tuscan dialect. many speak poetry by Petrarch Courtly love tradition No masks worn "unattainable by the audience" Melodramatic cliches

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Money (commedia dell'arte)

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PANTALONE Characterized by Venice merchant class - Venetian merchant Old man, Pantalone (meaning literally, "holds the purse") Characteristic of the patriarchy

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Military Oppression

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CAPITANO Southern Italy controlled by Spain Presence of Spanish army in Italy during early 17th century Braggart

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Tradition (+requirements, according to Eric Hobsbawm's The Invention of Tradition)

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Establish continuity with the past (real or invented), formalization, ritualization, imposed repetition

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Vittoria Piisimi

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"Silvia" "Vittoria" - often rival to "Isabella"

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Giulio Pasquati

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"Pantalone"

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Performance Traditions (examples)

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Drawing a magic circle around a culture, reviving older/historic performatives, bracing them in time into fixed types, costumes, and gestures; archetypes and stereotypes emerge, performance traditions encountered and interpreted by different generations over time

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Flamino Scala

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(1552-1624) "Flavio" Il Teatro delle Favole Rappresentative (1611) Author of first published commedia scenario collection Organized in 50 days, w/ range of different genres Models for creating the spectacle Performer and rhetorical performance in his preface

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Scala's Theatrical Conventions

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Twins Return of long-lost characters Letters Disguises Travel (exoticized characters) Marriage arrangements "Pazzia" scenes (madness) Street w/ overlooking window Commedia stage as a "map" of the Peninsula

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Earlier terms describing commedia dell'arte

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la commedia a soggetto (situation comedy) la commedia all'Italian (Italian comedy) commedia all'improvviso (improvised comedy) comedia di zanni (comedy of Zanni)

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Education (commedia dell'arte)

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DOTTORE Characterized by the overly educated University at Bologna Scholar of the classics Use of academic language and jargon Pedants Old men, patriarchy

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Day 1

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The Two Old Twins Characters of diverse background: Hibrahim (rich christian Armenian merchant), Ramadan (slave - Pantalone), Mustaffa (slave - Tofano, his brother)

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Isabella Andreini

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(1562-1604) "Isabella" Hired in 1578 by Flaminio Scala troupe for Gelosi troupe Day 15: "Isabella in Trouble" Day 25: "Isabella's Jealousy" Day 36: "Isabella the Astrologer" Day 38: "Madness of Isabella"

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Immigrants

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ZANNI - BRIGHELLA/PEDROLINO, ARLECHINNO Characterized by poverty/hunger Bergamo - province outside of Venice Ruffians/servants Ingenuity and stamina

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Domenico Pietropaolo article; devices for the commedia dell'arte audience

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Money, Education, immigrants/peasant class/ingenuity, unattainable romance, military oppression

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Tristano Martinelli

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"Arlecchino"

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Francesco Andreini

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(1548-1624) "Capitano Spavento"

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Commedia dell'arte

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Invented in 18th century, named in 1750 by Carlo Goldoni in his play, The Comic Theatre

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Day 25

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The Jealousy of Isabella Twins: Isabella and Fabrizio Difficult to fulfill love Woman at the window Mistaken identity Women and weapons Restored status and marriage by the end

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