Playing Commedia

A practical guide to the skills, characters and history of Commedia Dell'Arte through graded games and illustrated exercises — a useful tool in any actor's training and a discipline for all forms of physical theatre.

Chapters include:

* Warm-Up Games

* Mime and Movement Games

* Word Games

* Using Face Masks

* The Legacy of Commedia dell'Arte, a chapter looking at the individual Masks or characters in the traditional Commedia dell'Arte.