Issue 8: Winter 2022/23

Cover Image: a Masquerade at Ranelagh House Gardens, 1759, by Nathaniel Parr after Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)

Winter is nearly over; Spring is on the doorstep. Time to don our most extravagant costumes in anticipation of Carnival, with its Masquerade Balls and pre-Lenten Feasts. This issue of Zannizine features ideas that are intended to provoke your thoughts about the role of Commedia in these sorts of activities. We also take a deep dive into the role and evolution of the character Pulcinella, together with providing a scenario featuring the aforementioned, in our new section: From the Archive. Dive on in!

Contents

1. Introducing Issue 8 of Zannizine

2. The Masquerade Ball as Participatory Commedia by Barbara Segal

3. Commedia in Context - from Pulcinella to Mr Punch - Bill Tuck

4. Book Review - Giorgio Angamben’s Pulcinella - Bill Tuck

5. Music in Commedia dell’Arte - Part 3 - Bill Tuck

6. From the Archive – The Death & Resurrection of Punchinello