This 2002 book explores the commedia dell'arte: the Italian professional theatre in Shakespeare's time. Henke closely analyzes commedia dell'arte texts in order to demonstrate how the spoken word and written literature were fruitfully combined in performance.
This 2002 book explores the commedia dell'arte: the Italian professional theatre in Shakespeare's time. Henke closely analyzes commedia dell'arte texts in order to demonstrate how the spoken word and written literature were fruitfully combined in performance.