COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE


Meaning of COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE in English

[ kɒ'meɪdɪə dɛl'α:teɪ ]

■ noun an improvised kind of popular comedy in Italian theatres in the 16th–18th centuries, based on stock characters.

Origin

Ital., 'comedy of art'.

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