{"product_id":"9781442619180","title":"Befriending the Commedia dell'Arte of Flaminio Scala: The Comic Scenarios","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe most important theatrical movement in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Europe, the \u003cem\u003ecommedia dell’arte\u003c\/em\u003e has inspired playwrights, artists, and musicians including Molière, Dario Fo, Picasso, and Stravinsky. Because of its stock characters, improvised dialogue, and extravagant theatricalism, the \u003cem\u003ecommedia dell’arte\u003c\/em\u003e is often assumed to be a superficial comic style. With \u003cem\u003eBefriending the Commedia dell’Arte of Flaminio Scala\u003c\/em\u003e, Natalie Crohn Schmitt demolishes that assumption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy reconstructing the \u003cem\u003ecommedia dell’arte\u003c\/em\u003e scenarios published by troupe manager Flaminio Scala (1547–1624), Schmitt demonstrates that in its Golden Age the \u003cem\u003ecommedia dell’arte\u003c\/em\u003e relied as much on craftsmanship as on improvisation and that Scala’s scenarios are a treasure trove of social commentary on early modern daily life in Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the book, Schmitt makes use of her intensive research into the social and cultural history of sixteenth-century Italy and the aesthetic principles of the period. She combines this research with her insights drawn from studying with contemporary \u003cem\u003ecommedia dell’arte\u003c\/em\u003e performers and from directing a production of one of Scala’s scenarios. The result is a new perspective on the \u003cem\u003ecommedia dell’arte\u003c\/em\u003e that illuminates the style’s full richness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47142969278704,"sku":"9781442619180","price":84.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442619180_p0.jpg?v=1763807540","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442619180","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}