Sujets :
Masque (théâtre) - Histoire
Histoire du mime
Commedia dell'arte - Histoire
Histoire du théâtre
Fous et bouffons - Histoire
Fous et bouffons - Aspect religieux
Théâtre du geste - Histoire
Rites et cérémonies

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1- The mimes
Introductory
Secularism, paganism and Christianity

The Dorian mime
The comic figures and their costumes
Mythological burlesque and other themes
The characters
Animal masks
Dance and song
Acrobats and jugglers

Epicharmus and the Greek mime
Eipcharmus
Herodas
Theocritus and Sophron
The erotic fragment
An Athenian terra-cotta
The mimic fool

The phlyakes
Rhinthon and mythological burlesque
Herakles and Odysseus
Zeus and other mythological figures
Scenes of daily life
The typical masks
The phlyax stage

The atellanae
Origin and style
L. Pomponius Bononiensis and Novius
The stock masks : bucco, dossennus-manducus, maccus, pappus, cicirrus
Connexions with the mime
Summary


2- The heyday of mimic drama

The nature of the mime
Definitions of the mime

The mimic actors
Terminology
The acrobats and jugglers
The companies
The arch-mime and the mimic fool
Costumes and masks
The mimic actress
Individual actors and actresses
The methods of performance

The mimic plays
Roman mime-writers
The oxyrhynchus mimes
Adultery mimes
Christian mimes and others
Mimic obscenity
Mimic satire
The mimic style

The decay of the mimic drama

The pantomime


3- The fate of the mimes in the dark ages

The tracks of the mimes
The church councils and other records

The secular drama of the Middle Ages
The joculatores or jongleurs
The Terence codices
Dramatic activities of the jongleurs
The medieval fool
Records of the mimi
The “elegiac conedies”
Farces and interludes

The religious drama of the Middle Ages
Theories regarding the Medieval religious drama
The mystery cycles
The comic scenes
The Medieval devils
The actors
The Medieval stages
The mansions
Scenic effects
Medieval ideas of the classical stage
The drama in Byzantium

4- The commedia dell’ arte

Introductory
Theories regarding the origin
The meaning of the term
Uscite and Chiusette
The Lazzi
The Mountebanks

The scenario
The types of scenario
The value of the scenario

The stock types : the ‘serious’ persons
The innamorato
The innamorata
The servant-maid, or fantesca

The stock types : the capitano

The stock types : the old men
Pantalone
The dottore
Pasquariello
Cola, Cassandro and Coviello

The stock types : the zanni
The origin and significance of the word ‘zanni’ Arlecchino

The stock types : Brighella, Scapino, Mezzetino, and Scaramuccia

The stock types : Pucinella, Pedrolino and other zanni

The companies : the early troupes
André or Andrea, and Marcantonio Soldino an Anton Maria
The troupe of Alberto Ganassa

The companies : the gelosi and gelosi-uniti

The companies : the confidenti

The companies : the desiosi and the accesi

The companies : the fedeli

The companies : the later mantuan troupes and the troupes of Parma and Modena
The companies : the Italian comedians in France

Collection : Bibliothèque de l'École nationale de cirque

Localisation : Bibliothèque

Cote : 792.309 N645m 1963

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