Issue 9: Spring/Summer 2023

Contents:

1. Introducing Issue 9 of Zannizine

2. Cyril W. Beaumont: A Recollection (Barry Grantham)

3. Dance in Commedia – Part I (Bill Tuck)

4. Cyril W. Beaumont: An Appreciation (Barry Grantham)

5. Choreographing Callot (Klaus Abromeit)

6. Cyril W. Beaumont and Cecil Sharp (Bill Tuck)

7. The Changing Fortunes of Mr Punch (Bill Tuck)

8. Stage Craft – Part II (Barry)

9. Book Reviews:

i. John Rudlin’s “The Metamorphoses of Commedia dell’Arte, or Whatever Happened to Harlequin” (Olly Crick)

ii. The collected articles in “Commedia dell’Arte in Context”, editor Balme (Bill Tuck)

10. Ends and Odds: Highlights from World Commedia Day, 25 February 2023 (Cheryl Stapleton)

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Issue 8: Winter 2022/23

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 by Bill Tuck

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

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Issue 7: Autumn 2022

Contents:

  1. Introducing Issue 7 of Zannizine

  2. Commedia is Alive and Kicking by Brendan Stapleton

  3. Resurgence of the Bouffon by Cheryl Stapleton

  4. Music in Commedia dell’Arte – Part 2 by Bill Tuck

  5. Commedia Around the World: Surprise Commedia in North Carolina by Lara Coutinho-Dean

  6. Stage Craft ... and Commedia! By Barry Grantham

  7. Book Review by Olly Crick

  8. A Scenario – Magnifico of the Rings by Nathan Hook

  9. Ends and Odds

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