Commedia Dell Arte Stock Characters Masks

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Commedia dell arte stock characters masks.

Though there was some doubling of masks roles most players created their own masks or developed ones already established. The lovers or innamorati who would have names such as flavio and isabella. The servants or zanni these are characters such as arlecchino brighella pulcinella and pedrolino all masked. In commedia the characteristics of a character such as a walk a pose or a gesture are just like wearing a mask.

The commedia masks must show emotion and intelligence as they are covering the face which is the main place emotion can be seen on someone. Il dottore the doctor 4. Masks should be an extension of an actor and their costume hair and accessories. The young lovers are always in love.

Each mask design is paired with a specific character based on its appearance and tradition. Most of the characters wear masks but even those without masks e g. The commedia dell arte employs basic stock characters fictional people who are amusing predictable and two dimensional. Each commedia dell arte company had a stock of scenarios commonplace books of soliloquies and witty exchanges and about a dozen actors.

The characters of the commedia usually represent fixed social types and stock characters such as foolish old men or devious servants. So you re not creating a new commedia character. Zanni is probably not the first character that springs to mind when you think of commedia dell arte characters. The lovers treat their personas as masks.

The actor playing the arlecchino mask is often a skilled acrobat. A mask creates a. It was not uncommon for an actor in a commedia dell arte troupe to play the same stock character for most of his or her career. Arlecchino mangione is a servant a trickster glutton and a clown.

Leap into the commedia in these masks. Each character has defined attributes that never change. While we can detect formal similarities between the commedia dell arte and. After you choose a category you need to choose a character.

And the captains or capitani who can also be la signora if a female. Commedia dell arte masks are one of the most integral aspects of each stock character. The old men or vecchi characters such as pantalone and il dottore also masked. Commedia dell arte has four stock character groups.

Masks were originally all made of leather but now more commonly made of neoprene. These high quality neoprene commedia masks have been based on the stock characters of the commedia dell arte. Scaramouche or scaramouch from italian scaramuccia literally little skirmisher is a stock clown character of the 16th century commedia dell arte comic theatrical arts of italian literature the role combined characteristics of the zanni servant and the capitano masked henchman with some assortment of villainous traits usually attired in black spanish dress and burlesquing a don he. Creating a commedia character.