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Dance / Drama: Commedia dell'Arte

Great resources for everything performing arts!

Video: Commedia dell'Arte: A Historical Overview

A short film giving an overview of the history of Commedia dell'Arte. In this film Didi Hopkins from commediaworks describes the influence of commedia dell'arte on modern theatre and other dramatic formats such as film and television.

Duration: 2:19

Video: The World of Commedia dell'Arte

This film is an introduction to the world of Commedia dell'Arte. Learn about all of the stock characters in Commedia, the masked and the unmasked, their status, their physical shapes and their characters.

Duration: 9:21

Slideshow: Commedia Dell'Arte: A Crash Course

Books available in the NCC

Useful Commedia dell'Arte links

Video: Fa-fa-fa-fire! - Fawlty Towers - BBC

Use the above example from the 1970s British sitcom Fawlty Towers to compare physicalisation of Zanni and Brighella, and identify the differences between each of the characters featured in this clip.

Duration: 2:04