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Posted on 2011-11-27 by Micke Klingvall

The togetherness of the Commedia dell’Arte masks

The mask of Commedia dell’Arte simply cannot work alone for any stretch of time. I have already talked about how the masks of Commedia dell’Arte represent different aspects of the human inner life, as opposed to the clown who contains … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-10-18 by Micke Klingvall

Women in Commedia dell’Arte (the Royal Dramatic Theatre – speech part 1)

This is the first part in a series of six from a speech I held at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm together with Inga Lewenhaupt and Björn Granat and as moderator: Lennart Grafström. It was about Commedia dell’Arte and … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-10-18 by Micke Klingvall

Commedia dell’Arte today has a very modern network (the Royal Dramatic Theatre-speech part 3)

It may be the most computerized form of theatre over all.  LISTEN UP! Commedia dell’Arte has never been a specific Italian concern. On the contrary one of the reasons that we know Commedia dell’Arte so well today can very well … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-10-18 by Micke Klingvall

Why it is so hard to say what Commedia dell’Arte once was (the Royal Dramatic Theatre-speech part 4)

There are very many dogmatic views on Commedia dell’Arte out there. It seems a lot of people want to confirm their own view or they are having their own political or artistic agenda that they want to impose on others. … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-10-18 by Micke Klingvall

Commedia dell’Arte and its former significance (the Royal Dramatic Theatre-speech part 5)

The former presumption for Commedia dell’Arte is lost today in the western world. That is because society has changed. The stereotypes that are caricatured in the masks of Commedia dell’Arte are not here today. That is because today’s society is … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-07-22 by Micke Klingvall

The Indian Commedia dell’Arte adventures

I was in India not long ago directing a one-man-Commedia dell’Arte play called ”A Kela Commedia Extravaganza” with Deepal Doshi from Rangeelay Theatre Ensemble. Sitting in the audience at the opening, watching my play the similarities between renaissance Italy and India … Read the rest of this entry →

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