Commedia Dell'arte

What are the three main stock characters in Commedia Dell'arte?

• Innamorati, Zanni, Vecchi

• Figaro, Rosina, Almaviva

What is special about the Zanni character?

• Always funny

• Great at cutting hair

• Smarter than everyone else

• Helps the Count

Who are the Innamorati?

• The Crowd

• The opposition

• The pair of Lovers

• The helper

In Barber of Seville, who plays the Vecchi?

• Don Basilio

• Dr Bartolo

• Almaviva

• Fiorello

What is another name for Vecchi?

• Innamorati

• Pantalone

• Pulcinella

What are two variations of Zanni character?

• Pantalone

• Pulcinella

• Vecchi

• Brighella

Commedia Dell'arte usually combines which three aspects

• Exaggerated Pantomime, Stage fights, Acrobatic feats

• Stage fights, Exaggerated pantomime, Gore

• Loud jokes, Sacrifices, Technical difficulties

• One outs, Mocking, Stage scraps

Describe Commedia dialogue

• Improvised

• Rehearsed

• Prewritten

• Revised

Facchini in english is known as...

• The Handymen

• The Barbers

• The Servants

• The Lovers