Commedia dell'Arte Links

by David Claudon

For additional information on commedia dell'arte check the following books and websites:

Florentine Decorated Masks and Art features a gallery of affordable and classic commedia masks.
The Italian Comedy , Pierre Louis Duchartre, Dover, 1966, perhaps the best of the available books on the subject. Callot's pictures were found in here.
An Annotated Bibliography of Commedia dell'Arte, Music Hall, Panto, and Other Diversions, an excellent listing of available sources.
Dark Side Masks for Commedia dell'Arte masks, Basel masks, f...", particularly good to see modern interpretation of seven of the masks
commedia, an excellent website discussing the characters, commedia plays and has good primary source illustrations
Commedia Dell'Arte: An Actor's Handbook , John Rudlin, Routledge, gives excellent scenarios and lazzi
Lazzi: The Comic Routines of the Commedia Dell'Arte, Mel Gordon, Performing Arts Journal Pubns, October 1983
A listing of amazon.com books available on Commedia dell'Arte
Toy Theatres of the World, Peter Baldwin, Zwemmer, 1992, shows a Victorian commedia set with a Theatre Francais theatre. Some of the costume colors were selected from this set. Currently out of print but book finders may be able to locate a copy.

This page created by C. David Claudon. Last update October 15, 2003 .