Like burlesque, the Piccolo Teatro is folk theatre, and “The Servant of Two Masters” is in the tradition, somewhat cleaned up and formalized, of the commedia dell'arte (Harper's).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Commedia dell'Arte — Com|me|dia dell Ar|te 〈f.; ; unz.〉 um 1550 entstandenes italienisches Stegreiflustspiel [ital., eigtl. (im damaligen Sprachgebrauch) „Berufstheater“] * * * Com|me|dia dell Ạr|te, die; [ital. commedia dell arte, eigtl. = Berufslustspiel (da sie… … Universal-Lexikon
Commedia dell'Arte — Com|me|dia dell Ar|te [k... ] die; <aus it. commedia dell arte, eigtl. »Berufskomödie« (da von Berufsschauspielern ausgeführt)> volkstümliche ital. Stegreifkomödie des 16. 18. Jh.s … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
Commedia dell'Arte — Com|me|dia dell Ạr|te 〈f.; Gen.: ; Pl.: unz.〉 um 1550 entstandenes ital. Stegreiflustspiel [Etym.: ital., eigtl. »Kunstlustspiel«] … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
commedia dell'arte — com•me•dia dell ar•te [[t]kəˈmeɪ di ə dɛlˈɑr ti, ˈɑr teɪ[/t]] n. lit. sbz Italian popular comedy of the 16th through 18th centuries, in which masked actors improvised from plot outlines based on stock characters • Etymology: 1875–80; < It: lit … From formal English to slang
commedia dell’arte — com|me|dia dell’ar|te sb. (fk.) (italiensk maskekomedie) … Dansk ordbog
Commedia dell'Arte — Com|me|dia dell Ạr|te, die; <italienisch> (volkstümliche italienische Stegreifkomödie des 16. bis 18. Jahrhunderts) … Die deutsche Rechtschreibung
Comœdia (homonymie) — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Le terme Comœdia ou Comoedia peut désigner : Comœdia, revue française (quotidienne puis hebdomadaire) publiée de 1907 à 1944, comprenant les… … Wikipédia en Français
commediadell'arte — com·me·dia dell ar·te (kə mā dē ə dĕl ärʹtē, tĕ, mĕd ē ə) n. A type of comedy developed in Italy in the 16th and 17th centuries and characterized by improvisation from a standard plot outline and the use of stock characters, often in traditional… … Universalium
commedia — com·mè·dia s.f. 1a. AU composizione letteraria destinata alla rappresentazione scenica, divisa in atti e scene, in prosa o in versi, in cui sono narrate vicende, spec. di vita comune, che si risolvono solitamente in un lieto fine | la… … Dizionario italiano
Computers and Information Systems — ▪ 2009 Introduction Smartphone: The New Computer. The market for the smartphone in reality a handheld computer for Web browsing, e mail, music, and video that was integrated with a cellular telephone continued to grow in 2008. According to… … Universalium
