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- ISBN 9781854598714
- Weight: 458g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 09 Oct 2006
- Publisher: Nick Hern Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A unique collection of performance pieces and improvisation exercises in the Commedia style, a companion volume to the author's best-selling Playing Commedia.
Commedia Plays offers eight original short plays from across the different periods and styles of Commedia dell'Arte - suitable for performance on stage as well as classroom and workshop study.
Also included is a collection of Lazzi, the pieces of 'business' that form the basis of Commedia's comic action, ranging from the 'Double Takes' to 'The Unwanted Proposal'. These can be inserted into the written text or explored and improvised in the drama studio.
Barry Grantham is a performer, director and teacher, and a leading British exponent of Commedia Dell'Arte. He has performed and given masterclasses in Norway, Sweden, Holland, Germany and Italy itself at the Teatro Municipiali, Regio Emilia. He has appeared at the Royal Opera House and Glyndbourne, and worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He is the author of two books on Commedia, Playing Commedia and Commedia Plays. For more information, visit his website at www.worldofcommedia.co.uk.
