Commedia Dell Arte

Well rehearsed bits of comedy within a scene like sword fights, chases, or daring escapes were called...

• Canavaccio

• Commedio

• Petruchia

• Lazzi

True or False: 
Commedia plays were completely spontaneous with no planning or rehearsals. 

• True 
• False

A character that follows a stereotype so that they are easily recognizable to the audience is called a...

• Troupe

• Lazzi

• Stock Character

• Canavaccia

Commedia Dell'Arte began in which country?

• Italy
• Spain
• France
• England

This stock character talks constantly and is a know it all who is very rude to his servants. Usually a doctor or a Lawyer

• Dottore

• Capitano

• Pantalone

• Zanni

This group of stock characters are the lovers, also called the first and second actors.

• Zanni

• Inammorati

• Vecci

• Columbini

This stock character is a greedy, loves money, hook-nosed master.

• Dottore

• Capitano

• Pantalone

• Zanni

The servants in a Commedia play are called...

• Innamorati

• Vecci

• Zanni

• Lazzi

What is Commedia dell'Arte?

• Commedia dell'Arte is a theatrical form characterized by clever scripts written by famous play writers and all male characters that emerged in Scotland in the seventeenth century and rapidly gained popularity throughout England.

• Commedia dell'Arte is a theatrical form characterized by improvised dialogue and a cast of colorful stock characters that emerged in northern Italy in the sixteenth century and rapidly gained popularity throughout Europe.

• Commedia dell'Arte is a theatrical form characterized by dramatic entertainment, originating in Rome, in which performers express meaning through gestures accompanied by music. It gained popularity in the fourteenth century.

• Commedia dell'Arte is a theatrical form characterized by the use of puppets with exaggerated masks that have comical scenes that revolve around love, but with a moral message. It was popular in Spain in the eighteenth century.

Why do the actors of commedia dell'Arte wear masks?

• To disguise who they really were in real life; to hide their true identity. 
• Because they didn't want people to know they were women. 
• To quickly and easily be recongizable to the audience as a certain character. 
• To protect actors that may have once been criminals.