COMMEDIA

Meaning of COMMEDIA in English

kəˈmādēə, -med- noun

( -s )

Etymology: Italian, from Latin comoedia — more at comedy

1. : comedy 2b

[by shortening]

: commedia dell'arte

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE — [I] commedia dellarte
Interlingua English vocab
COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE — Italian theatrical form that flourished throughout Europe in the 16th–18th centuries. The characters, many portrayed by actors wearing masks including …
Английский словарь Британика
COMMEDIA ERUDITA — -ˌerəˈdēd.ə, -ˌārüˈ- noun ( plural commedia eruditas or commedias eruditas ) Etymology: Italian, literally, erudite comedy : Italian comedy played …
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COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE — -(ˌ)deˈlärd.ē noun ( plural commedia dell'artes or commedias dell'arte ) Etymology: Italian, literally, comedy of art : Italian comedy as …
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COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE — /keuh may"dee euh del ahr"tee/ ; It. /kawm me"dyah del lahrdd"te/ , pl. commedia dell'artes, commedias dell'arte , It. commedie …
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COMMEDIA ERUDITA — (Italian: learned comedy), 16th-century Italian dramatic form that, unlike its theatrical contemporary, the vernacular and improvisational commedia dell'arte, followed scripts …
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COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE — (Italian: comedy of art), Italian theatrical form that flourished throughout Europe from the 16th through the 18th century. Outside Italy, …
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KÄNDLER, JOHANN JOACHIM — born 1706, Fischbach, Saxony died May 18, 1775, Meissen German Baroque sculptor. In 1731 he was engaged to reorganize the …
Английский словарь Британика
ZANNI — plural Zanni, or Zannis, stock servant character in the Italian improvisational theatre known as the commedia dell'arte. Zanni were valet …
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SLAPSTICK — a type of physical comedy characterized by broad humour, absurd situations, and vigorous, usually violent action. The slapstick comic, more …
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LAZZO — ( (Italian: joke), ) plural Lazzi, improvised comic dialogue or action in the commedia dell'arte. The word may have derived …
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SCHUCH, FRANZ — born c. 1716, , Vienna died 1763, Hamburg German comic actor and theatre manager who popularized a vernacular version of …
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SCARAMOUCHE — Italian Scaramuccia, stock character of the Italian theatrical form known as the commedia dell'arte; an unscrupulous and unreliable servant. His …
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ROSSETTI, GABRIELE — born Feb. 28, 1783, Vasto, Kingdom of Naples died April 24, 1854, London, Eng. in full Gabriele Pasquale Giuseppe Rossetti …
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PEDROLINO — French Pierrot, stock character of the Italian commedia dell'arte, a simpleminded and honest servant, usually a young and personable valet. …
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PANTALOON — Italian Pantalone, stock character of the 16th-century Italian commedia dell'artea cunning and rapacious yet often deceived Venetian merchant. Pantaloon dressed …
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PANDOLFI, VITO — born Dec. 24, 1917, Forte dei Marmi, Lucca, Italy died March 19, 1974, Rome Italian critic, theatrical scholar, and director …
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NEW COMEDY — Greek drama from about 320 Bc to the mid-3rd century BC that offers a mildly satiric view of contemporary Athenian …
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ITALIAN LITERATURE — the body of written works produced in the Italian language that had its beginnings in the 13th century. Until that …
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HARLEQUIN — Italian Arlecchino, French Arlequin, one of the principal stock characters of the Italian commedia dell'arte; often a facile and witty …
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GOZZI, CARLO, CONTE — (Count) born Dec. 13, 1720, Venice died April 4, 1806, Venice poet, prose writer, and dramatist, a fierce and skillful …
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GOLDONI, CARLO — born Feb. 25, 1707, Venice died Feb. 6, 1793, Paris prolific dramatist who renovated the well-established Italian commedia dell'arte dramatic …
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GELOSI, COMPAGNIA DEI — (Italian: Company of Jealous Ones), one of the earliest and most famous of the commedia dell'arte companies of 16th-century Italy. …
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GANASSA, ZAN — born 1540? died 1584? pseudonym of Alberto Naselli, Naselli also spelled Naseli one of the most important and influential actors …
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FEDELI, COMPAGNIA DEI — one of several Italian companies performing commedia dell'arte (improvised popular comedy) at the beginning of the 17th century. The name …
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DIVINE COMEDY, THE
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DANTE
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COMICI CONFIDNTI — (Italian: Confident Comedians), either of two companies of the Italian commedia dell'arte that were instrumental in extending the reputation of …
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COMEDIE-ITALIENNE — the Italian commedia dell'arte as it was called in France. The name was used in France after 1680 to distinguish …
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CAPITANO
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ACCESI, COMPAGNIA DEGLI — company that performed commedia dell'arte (improvised popular Italian comedy) in the early 1600s. The name means "the stimulated." Leadership was …
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