The Commedia dell'arte -- The origins -- The technique of the improvisators -- The masks -- The scenarios -- The theatres -- the stages -- the staging -- The actors and the troupes of the Commedia dell'arte -- The French-Italian comedy, or the Italian comedy in France -- The theatres at the fairs -- The revival of the Italian comedy in the eighteenth century -- The marionettes -- Harlequin, his ancestors, and his family -- Brighella and his family -- Pantaloon and his family -- The doctor -- Pulcinella, his ancestors, and his family -- The captain, his ancestors, and his family -- Pedrolino and his family -- The women of the Commedia dell'arte -- The lovers -- The Caratterista -- A few anonymous, forgotten, or little-known characters -- Overtones -- Appendices -- Pictorial supplement.
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