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Five Comedies

Five Comedies - Hardcover

by Carlo Goldoni
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Availability:In StockContributor:Carlo Goldoni, Gianluca Rizzo (Editor), Michael Hackett (Editor)Series:Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian LibraryPublish date:2016-03-24Pages:432
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Toronto PressISBN-13:9781442650282ISBN-10:1442650281UPC:9781442650282Book Category:Drama, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:EuropeanBook Topic:ItalianSize:9.20 x 5.90 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.7527Product ID:SCDW88MAVT

One of the first and most important Italian playwrights to move away from the commedia dell'arte tradition of improvisation, Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793) wrote more naturalistic "comedies of character" that featured the dialect and situations of everyday life in Venice.

Five Comedies collects a selection of Goldoni's finest plays, annotated and translated into English: The New House, The Coffee House, and "The Holiday Trilogy" (Off to the Country, Adventures in the Country, and Back from the Country). Editor Michael Hackett provides an introduction to Goldoni and his performance tradition for directors, actors, and designers, revealing the masterful construction of Goldoni's plays, while an afterword by Cesare de Michelis carefully reconstructs the playwright's life and times.

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Toronto PressISBN-13:9781442650282ISBN-10:1442650281UPC:9781442650282Book Category:Drama, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:EuropeanBook Topic:ItalianSize:9.20 x 5.90 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.7527Product ID:SCDW88MAVT
Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793) was a leading eighteenth-century Venetian playwright. Gianluca Rizzo is the Paul D. and Marilyn Paganucci Associate Professor of Italian Language and Literature at Colby College.
Michael Hackett is a professor in the Theatre Department at the University of California, Los Angeles. Michael Hackett is a professor in the Theatre Department at the University of California, Los Angeles. Brittany Asaro is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Languages, Cultures and Literatures at the University of San Diego. Cesare de Michelis is emeritus professor of contemporary Italian literature at the University of Padua, and president of Marsilio Editori.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press

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Carlo Goldoni, Gianluca Rizzo (Editor), Michael Hackett (Editor)

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Carlo Goldoni

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