I hope this letter finds you well, for I am very well indeed. In my travels through Italy I have come across an amazing institution. They call it Comedia Del"Ate and it is unbelievingly entertaining. .
The troop come to town late last evening. They looked a strange and motley bunch almost processing into town with an unbelievably large cart packed to the brim. I thought then merely low travelling musicians and such and took no heed of them until the next morning when I went to the market to find an elevated stage, as high as a man is tall. The platform was divided into two unequal sections by a large drop curtain which itself was supported between two poles. There was a backdrop painted on this sheet of a normal public square with houses and streets all in proportion. In the sheet which I have described were two or three slits and their purpose escaped me until the first character entered through one.
Around me, a group of locals had gathered and the atmosphere was one of excitement and expectation. Suddenly with out much warning a man stepped onto the stage. He was dressed in a baggy outfit made out of flour sacks and wore a mask to hide he top half of his face. No he didn't wear the mask, he was the mask. I have later learnt that this character was a zanni, the character of the lowest stature, much like an immigrant worker. The mask in which the man had become had a strong pointed nose and a forlorn look to the eyes. He walked with a shuffle with no real purpose. He then noticed the audience and introduced himself. He described a scene and referred to some other characters which the other members of the audience seemed to know whom they were. .
Suddenly the "zanni" was joined by an actor in another mask whom looked little like the first. He was lean and scrawny, short in stature. He also wore in obvious phallic codpiece. He wore tight fitting red trousers and stockings, a short tight fitting jacket, a, loose long black cloak with plain sleeves, a red woollen skull cap and yellow Turkish slippers.
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The clowning acts or the grave digger scene is another theatrical technique used by Shakespeare in HAMLET. The grave digger scene takes place in act V just before the funeral of Ophelia. Though the scene is played by two clowns it is of a great dramatic significance because it is far from being co...
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Salutations Peter, It is I, Katherine. After yesterday night's events, I think it is best for me to communicate on behalf of Thomas for the elapsed development of the Baths issue. As you and the whole town know after all that had happened, my husband believes deeply in his findings and that the tow...
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