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Posted on 2016-04-07 by Micke Klingvall

No 4:th wall in Commedia dell’Arte (Part 2)

One convention in Commedia dell’Arte is to take of the mask in the middle of the play explaining that a mistake has been made and he will now be repeating the gag or trick or blaming the director/author when a … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2016-04-04 by Micke Klingvall

No 4:th wall in Commedia dell’Arte (Part 1)

In most theatre today there is an idea that the audience is supposed to sit down passively and don’t disturb the performance. We shut down the light in the house, demand total silence of the audience and then act like … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2016-03-28 by Micke Klingvall

Tempo or rhythm

Commedia dell’Arte is always fast, it is always moving forward and there are no dead moments in it. Except from the fact that it is comedy and it requires a comedy tempo, it is a consequence of that it is … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2016-03-21 by Micke Klingvall

Grotesque as an acting style in Commedia dell’Arte

The acting style in Commedia dell’Arte is very crude and rough, especially in early Commedia dell’Arte. The masks can be tremendously grotesque; the plots plain vulgar; situations – burlesque. Over time Commedia dell’Arte got more refined, soon it had become … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2016-02-29 by Micke Klingvall

En Herrgårdssägen (The Tale of a Manor)

by Selma Lagerlöf Herr Blomgren – Per Mollan Fru Blomgren – Yosefin Buohler Gunnar Hede – Axel Boberg Ingrid – Manuela Bjelke The Priest’s wife, The owneress at Munkhyttan– Malin Andresson Gustav Åhlin, Pigan, The Angel, Lady Grief, Karin Landeberg … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2016-02-26 by Micke Klingvall

Prolog or opening in Commedia dell’Arte

The introduction to a Commedia dell’Arte show in very important. It does not only have to present the different masks so that a modern audience will know them at an early stage in the show, it must also introduce the … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2016-02-23 by Micke Klingvall

Lazzo in Commedia dell’Arte

This might be the most known term in Commedia dell’Arte, though it is hardly known at all to those who are not involved in Commedia dell’Arte. It is not used anywhere else, but very often used in Commedia dell’Arte. What … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2016-02-22 by Micke Klingvall

Canovaccio in Commedia dell’Arte

If we go back to the heydays of Commedia dell’Arte the concept of canovaccio becomes more complicated. It was used both as a full scenario or just a plotline in a scenario. The word means “what’s on the canvas”. But … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2016-02-18 by Micke Klingvall

The scenario in Commedia dell’Arte (Part 2)

The scenes in a scenario changes as a new mask enters the stage, but not when a mask leaves the stage. Let’s call this Italian scene division in contrast to French scene division, where they change scenes in both entries … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2016-02-15 by Micke Klingvall

The scenario in Commedia dell’Arte (Part 1)

The word scenario comes from the Greek word “skene” and means stage. It is not used in the early days of Commedia dell’Arte. Instead words as centone, soggetto or just commedia as well as canovaccio that has its own post. … Read the rest of this entry →

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