Issue 4: Winter 2021-2022

Issue 4 cover: Frontispiece of an obscure 19th century magazine Strenna Carnivalesco (‘carnival gift’) for the 1869 Carnival

In this issue we look to the Winter and rejoice in the discovery of forgotten morsels of Commedia from the players of the Theatre Royal to the seaside Pierrots and travels take us from Brazil to Singapore!

Contents

1. Introducing Issue 4 of Zannizine

2. British Seaside Pierrot Troupes by Uncle Tacko! AKA Dr Tony Lidington

3. Commedia dell'Arte in Brazil: A Requiem for Roberto Innocente by Douglas Kodi

4. Viva La Commedia! Staging Commedia in Singapore by André Pink

5. Key to the Players in the Theatre Royal by Barry Grantham

6. Francisco De Goya And His Masks by Rein van Schagen

7. Books & Book Reviews: The Commedia dell’Arte by Giacomo Oreglia by Olly Crick

8. Ends and Odds: The Problem of Il Magnifico, Indecency and the Commedia dell’Arte