The Bumbling Oaf
Il Dottore or the doctor, is a joke about the upperclass who, however much education they receive, still can't understand anything. His rhetoric is saturated by a tremendous lexicon that incorporates profuse latin jargon ad nauseam, which although sounds impressive is mostly word vomit these rant tend to not
carry any real meaning. He can rant for so long that other characters would have to pull him, or ridicule him off stage. He is an obese old man dressed in a scholarly fashion, already his image is a great r
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Character Descriptions Coming Soon
No blogs last week, because starting today we will be updating the blog twice a week with descriptions on the stock character in our performance up until our production at Intrepid Theatre Club. We will keep our facebook updated to let you know about the new blogs.
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Masks
Themes Behind The Masks
Masks refer to both the article the actor wears over their face, and the character an actor portrays. It's important to note this when reading about commedia dell'arte to not get confused what is the subject the author is discussing. The fact that the terms, mask and character, are interchangable can be seen as a metaphor that helps tie aspects of commedia dell'arte together. This blog will be used to introduce the theme of masks in commedia dell'arte.
Masks refer to both the article the actor wears over their face, and the character an actor portrays. It's important to note this when reading about commedia dell'arte to not get confused what is the subject the author is discussing. The fact that the terms, mask and character, are interchangable can be seen as a metaphor that helps tie aspects of commedia dell'arte together. This blog will be used to introduce the theme of masks in commedia dell'arte.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Improvised And Non Improvised Elements Of Commedia Dell'Arte Part One:
Characters, Lazzi And Plot
Traditionally performed, commedia dell'arte may not seem improvised to a modern improviser due to the fact that there was a fair amount of preparation that went into characters, jokes and the plot, however I will argue that it is not so black and white.
Character's were stock, they were either carefully crafted or evolved to be essentially perfect
Traditionally performed, commedia dell'arte may not seem improvised to a modern improviser due to the fact that there was a fair amount of preparation that went into characters, jokes and the plot, however I will argue that it is not so black and white.
Character's were stock, they were either carefully crafted or evolved to be essentially perfect
Sunday, October 6, 2013
What is Commedia Dell'Arte
Commedia dell'arte, or roughly translated, comedy of the professionals, was a style of theatre known for its use of masks and stock characters. Many ideas began or were popularized by acting troupes in 16th century Italy, and you can be certain that modern entertainment would look extremely different if it wasn't for the revolution which was Commedia dell'arte. The brave female actors who improvised with men onstage in public, paved the way for future generations of woman in entertainment through
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