commedia dell’arte: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Mel Gordon, Lazzi: The Comic Routines of the Commedia dell’Arte (1983); Domenico Pietropaolo (ed.), The Science of Buffoonery: Theory and History of the Commedia dell’Arte (1989); David J. George and Christopher J. Gossip (eds.), Studies in the Commedie dell’Arte (1993).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Cambridge Core - Commedia dellĀ’Arte: History, Myth, Reception. Aug 25, 2026
Add new Web site: IdeaExchange at UAkron - Commedia DellĀ’Arte Influences on Shakespearean Plays: The Tempest, LoveĀ’s Labor's Lost, and The Taming of the Shrew (PDF). Nov 07, 2025
Add new Web site: Digital Commons at UConn - Commedia dellĀ’Arte: The Mechanisms of Othering (PDF). Jun 04, 2025
Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Performance and Literature in the Commedia Dellļæ½Arte (PDF). Jan 14, 2025
Add new Web site: Cambridge Core - Commedia dellĀ’Arte: History, Myth, Reception. Jul 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Alley Theatre - A Brief Overview of Commedia dellļæ½Arte. Feb 16, 2024
Add new Web site: International School of Athens - Commedia dellļæ½arte. Oct 10, 2023
Add new Web site: Learning Through Theatre - What is Commedia dell'Arte? Apr 27, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - Commedia dell'arte in context. Feb 03, 2023
Add new Web site: World Encyclopedia of Puppetry Arts - Commedia dellĀ’Arte. Sep 15, 2022
Add new Web site: Drama Online - Commedia dell'Arte. Mar 07, 2019
Corrected display issue. Dec 27, 2017
Add new Web site: The Met - Commedia dellļæ½arte. Apr 16, 2013
Add new Web site: Theatre Database - Commedia Dell'arte. Dec 07, 2011
Bibliography revised and updated. Aug 26, 2008
Media added. Aug 19, 2008
Added new Web site: National University of Singapore - Commedia dell'Arte. Mar 07, 2008
Added new Web site: h2g2 - The Commedia dell'Arte. Sep 21, 2007
Added new Web site: Theatre History.com - Commedia dell'arte. Sep 14, 2007
Added new Web site: Roberto Delpiano.com - Commedia dell'Arte. Sep 14, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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