The Commedia Dell'Arte : : A Study in Italian Popular Comedy / / Winifred Smith.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Smith, Winifred,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1912]; ©1912
• Year of Publication: 1912
• Language: English
• Series: Columbia University Studies in English and Comparative Literature
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Table of Contents --; I. Definition of the Commedia dell'arte --; II. Origin of the Commedia dell'arte: I. The Mountbanks --; III. Origin of the Commedia dell'arte, Continued: II. The Academies --; IV. Some Typical Scenarios --; V. The Commedia dell'arte in Foreign Countries, 16th and 17th Centuries: France, Germany and Austria, Spain --; VI. The Commedia dell'arte in Elizabethan and Jacobean England --; VII. The Transformation of the Commedia dell'arte --; Appendix A: Scenarios --; Appendix B: Relations Between English and Italian Drama in the 16th, 17th and 18th --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231892667; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/smit93230
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Winifred Smith.

Brings together some of the widely scattered facts and theories about the improvised plays in popular Italian comedy.