The World of Harlequin
Title | The World of Harlequin PDF eBook |
Author | Allardyce Nicoll |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1987-03-05 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780521058346 |
The commedia dell'arte was an improvised drama performed by masked players. How did the actors react to these demands and limitations? What force kept this form of theatre alive for more than two centuries and made Harlequin such a potent image? In this study of the commedia dell'arte, originally published in 1987, Professor Nicoll's concern is not to provide an historical survey of its origins or to trace the ascent and descent of Harlequin or any or any other character or 'mask', but rather to explore critically the answers to these and related questions. His arguments are based on the evidence of the play scenarios and contemporary documents as far as possible, and are illuminated by many illustrations that are either little-known or had not previously been reproduced.
˜Theœ World of Harlequin
Title | ˜Theœ World of Harlequin PDF eBook |
Author | Allardyce Nicoll |
Publisher | |
Pages | 243 |
Release | 1963 |
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The World of Harlequin, a Critical Study of the Commedia Dell'arte
Title | The World of Harlequin, a Critical Study of the Commedia Dell'arte PDF eBook |
Author | Allardyce 1894-1976 Nicoll |
Publisher | Hassell Street Press |
Pages | 270 |
Release | 2021-09-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781015025516 |
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The Red Harlequin - Book 1 of Masks and Chromes
Title | The Red Harlequin - Book 1 of Masks and Chromes PDF eBook |
Author | Roberto Ricci |
Publisher | Roberto Ricci |
Pages | 49 |
Release | 2012-06 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1477566899 |
"Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers." In an ancient world divided by colors, where everyone wears masks, superstitions abound, and mysterious creatures called the Harlequins exist... Here, a clever teen of the Black Chromes named Asheva loses everything he's ever known and embarks on a treacherous and exciting journey that takes him through the wild forests of the Black Nation to the vast plains of Ayas, a Blue Chrome city of astounding beauty, where further danger lies. But the journey will also result in an astounding truth, when Asheva ultimately discovers that beneath the masks all Chromes wear, nothing is what it seems.
The World of Harlequin
Title | The World of Harlequin PDF eBook |
Author | George Edward Moore |
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Pages | |
Release | 1963 |
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The History of Harlequin
Title | The History of Harlequin PDF eBook |
Author | Cyril W. Beaumont |
Publisher | |
Pages | 155 |
Release | 2014-04-04 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9781906830687 |
In 1922 the dance historian Cyril Beaumont contributed to the Dancing Times an article on the history of Harlequin, which as a result of continuous research since that period grew into the present volume. It covers the history of Harlequin, and of the Commedia dell'Arte, from their beginnings in the 16th century through their heydays in the 17th and 18th century and their gradual decline thereafter. The book includes more than 40 illustrations and the complete text of a Harlequinade from 1806, together with a dance for a Harlequin in Feuillet notation.
Harlequin Empire
Title | Harlequin Empire PDF eBook |
Author | David Worrall |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 2015-09-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317315480 |
Under the 1737 Licensing Act, Covent Garden, Dury Lane and regional Theatres Royal held a monopoly on the dramatic canon. This work explores the presentation of foreign cultures and ethnicities on the popular British stage from 1750 to 1840. It argues that this illegitimate stage was the site for a plebeian Enlightenment.