The Masks Part Four: Pantalone

The Old Miser
The hook nosed mask of Pantalone is the most recognizable mask to modern audiences. The characters, his miserliness has inspired have changed little from his original stereotype, even after centuries. He is a real Scrooge, or better yet Scrooge is a real Pantalone.

The Masks Part Three: Inammorati

The Eternal Lovers
The Female and Male lovers are the two simplest characters, yet they are intrinsic to a scenario. Over time they have gone by many names, in Lightning Theatre's production we have decided to call the woman Isabella and the man Fabrizio. The lovers and the themes of love versus lust are at the centre of a traditional commedia dell'arte scenario. They play middle status roles, although sometimes they can whine, or cause jealousy to those with higher

The Masks Part Two: Il Capitano

The Braggart
He is an outsider, Il Capitano may have come fresh from battle, Spain, or loving thirty seven and a half imagined woman whatever the case may be, at the start of the scenario the captain begins mostly as a stranger. He can be described as a braggart who boasts about imaginary happenings in order to gain status over the other masks.