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Commedia dell'Arte History, characters and use in popular culture
Quiz by Chris Beasley
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Commedia dell’Arte is an extremely serious and tragic style of theatre with absolutely no laughing, jokes or poking fun at society allowed.
Commedia originated in which country?
Name the character indicated on the status diagram below
Name the character indicated on the status diagram below
Which character has the lowest status in the world of Commedia?
What 'weighs down' the character Il Dottore?
Brighella is best described as:
Arlecchino is best described as:
The first actress and actor are aristocratic characters that don't wear masks. They work with the masked characters like they are normal.
Which character is from out of town, brags alot, carries a sword, but is secretly a coward and would do anything to avoid a fight?
Which characters are children of the vecchi, don't wear masks, are young, dramatic, and sigh alot?
Put the characters in the correct categories
Which Commedia dell’Arte stock character wears this mask?
Which Commedia dell’Arte stock character wears this mask?
Which Commedia dell’Arte stock character wears this mask?
Which Commedia dell’Arte stock character wears this mask?
Which commedia archetype does this character from the Simpsons most represent?
Which commedia archetype does this character from the Simpsons most represent?
Which commedia archetype does this character from the Simpsons most represent?
Which commedia archetype does this character from the Simpsons most represent?
Which famous ex-world leader is a combination of both the Pantalone and Il Capitano archetypes?
Actors study Commedia to develop their movement, voice, improvisation, character development and performance creation skills.
According to the Commedia podcast from the resources, which of the following famous actors studied aspects Commedia dell’Arte?
According to the Commedia Podcast, why did the actors wear masks and use exaggerated movements?
Arlecchino is most like which animal combination?