«Playing Commedia» by Barry Grantham
«Playing Commedia» by Barry Grantham
English | EPUB | 2.9 MB
English | EPUB | 2.9 MB
A practical guide to the skills, characters and history of Commedia Dell'Arte through graded games and illustrated exercises — a useful tool in any actor's training and a discipline for all forms of physical theatre.
Chapters include:
— Warm-Up Games
— Mime and Movement Games
— Word Games
— Using Face Masks
— The Legacy of Commedia dell'Arte, a chapter looking at the individual Masks or characters in the traditional Commedia dell'Arte.