Colleagues interested in
theatre may like to know that Professor Richard Andrews (Emeritus Professor of
Italian, University of Leeds) has recently
published The Commedia dell'Arte of Flaminio
Scala: A Translation and Analysis of 30 Scenarios (The Scarecrow
Press, 2008). The introductory part (vii to lvi) includes the editor’s
Preface, Introduction to Scala, scenarios, masks (vecchi, servi, innamorati,
capitano) comic and non-comic plots, confrontations, elastic gags and
repetitions, and a note on the translation. Pages 1 to 341, entitled The Theater of Tales for Performance, have
translations of the 30 scenarios selected (ex 50) and two indices.
Joe Farrell
University of Strathclyde
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