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commedia dell'arte

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com·me·dia dell'ar·te  (k-md- dl-ärt, -t, -md-)
n.
A type of comedy developed in Italy in the 16th and 17th centuries and characterized by improvisation from a standard plot outline and the use of stock characters, often in traditional masks and costumes.
[Italian : commedia, comedy + dell'arte, of the guild, professional (from arte, art, craft, guild).]
commedia dell'arte (Italian) [kɔmˈmeːdia delˈlarte]
n
(Performing Arts / Theatre) a form of popular comedy developed in Italy during the 16th to 18th centuries, with stock characters such as Punchinello, Harlequin, and Columbine, in situations improvised from a plot outline
[Italian, literally: comedy of art]
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Noun1.commedia dell'arte - Italian comedy of the 16th to 18th centuries improvised from standardized situations and stock characters
comedy - light and humorous drama with a happy ending


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Staged with commedia dell'arte masks and white-face makeup, but with modern references spiking the action in the cheekiest of ways, this ``Tartuffe'' quickly shifts into zany overdrive and never stops.
'TARTUFFE' TAKES FUN TO EXTREMES by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The new Romantic Interludes upheld this verve but at the service of boy-bumps-against-girl vignettes, with the costuming and foolery of commedia dell'arte.
Maximum Dance Company by Perez, Guillermo / Dance Magazine
This is so even though (as in Fo's own Commedia dell'Arte tradition) some of the Noh masks deliberately leave bare part of the performer's face and call attention to their own artifice.
Masken: Gesichter aus anderen Welten by Strother, Z.S. / African Arts
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