Commedia dell'arte by Pippa mchenry https://padlet.com/y17mchenryp/aumsfv71anbs Made with a creative frenzy en-us 2018-03-05 12:21:53 UTC 2018-03-05 12:47:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hearts.png y17mchenryp https://padlet.com/y17mchenryp/aumsfv71anbs/wish/238036596 Commedia dell’arte, (Italian: “comedy of the profession”) Italian theatrical form that flourished throughout Europe from the 16th through the 18th century. Outside Italy, the form had its greatest success in France, where it became the Comédie-Italienne. In England, elements from it were naturalized in the harlequinade in pantomime and in the Punch-and-Judy show, a puppet play involving the commedia dell’arte character Punch. The comical Hanswurst, of German folklore, was also a commedia dell’arte character.]]> 2018-03-05 12:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/y17mchenryp/aumsfv71anbs/wish/238036596 y17kingslandl https://padlet.com/y17mchenryp/aumsfv71anbs/wish/238036832 an improvised kind of popular comedy in Italian theatres in the 16th–18th centuries, based on stock characters. Actors adapted their comic dialogue and action according to a few basic plots (commonly love intrigues) and to topical issues.]]> 2018-03-05 12:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/y17mchenryp/aumsfv71anbs/wish/238036832 y17mchenryp https://padlet.com/y17mchenryp/aumsfv71anbs/wish/238039537  
 ]]> 2018-03-05 12:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/y17mchenryp/aumsfv71anbs/wish/238039537 Commedia dell'Arte Characters. Here is some background on the Commedia dell'Arte characters that many of the Venetian Masks designs are based on: Pantalone is a well known Commedia dell'Arte character. The original name of this character was an old man named "Magnifico". https://padlet.com/y17mchenryp/aumsfv71anbs/wish/238040877 2018-03-05 12:47:07 UTC https://padlet.com/y17mchenryp/aumsfv71anbs/wish/238040877