A Commedia dell'arte Hamlet

"Commedia dell'arte," a 16th century Italian dramatic genre, was well known in Shakespeare's England. Masked actors improvised on familiar plots and worked familiar characters into comedic versions of serious stories. Part farce, part deconstruction, part social commentary, the t...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Weitere Titel:

Camera three (Television program)

Hauptverfasser:

Alaimo, Michael., Dannenberg, Michael., David, Martin., David, Norman., Havinga, Nick., Mann, Allan., Moglen, Sig., Morrison, James.

Körperschaften:

Creative Arts Television (Firm), Camera Three Productions

Weitere Verfasser:

Alaimo, Michael, Dannenberg, Michael, David, Martin, David, Norman, Havinga, Nick, Mann, Allan, Moglen, Sig, Morrison, James

Format:

Elektronisch Film

Sprache:

Englisch

Veröffentlicht:

Kent, CT : Creative Arts Television, 2000.

Zusammenfassung:

"Commedia dell'arte," a 16th century Italian dramatic genre, was well known in Shakespeare's England. Masked actors improvised on familiar plots and worked familiar characters into comedic versions of serious stories. Part farce, part deconstruction, part social commentary, the technique has been used here on scenes from Shakespeare's "Hamlet."

Umfang:

1 streaming video (27 min.)

Anmerkungen:

Previously published as DVD.

Schlagworte:

Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.

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