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 4: Winter 2021-2022

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

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Issue 3: Autumn 2021 & Christmas Supplement

Contents:

  1. Introducing Issue 3 of Zannizine

  2. Centre Sélavy by John Rudlin

  3. Enter the Witch by Olly Crick

  4. The ‘Dames’ of Burnacini by Bill Tuck

  5. From Witch to Dame (& Back Again?) by Bill Tuck

  6. Origins and Variants of the Harlequin Costume by Barry Grantham

  7. Commedia Around the World: Commedia in Paris by Anna Cottis

  8. Memories ... by Rein van Schagen

  9. Ends and Odds: Introducing Lesser-known Masks, announcements and news

Christmas Supplement:

  1. Glimpses of Deburau by Barry Grantham

  2. Plum Pudding for Pantomime by David Drummond

  3. The Art of Amusing 1871

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Issue 1: Spring 2021

Contents:

  1. Introducing the Zannizine

  2. The Noble Knight of Avignon by John Broadbent

  3. The Baleful Influence of Funny Walks by Barry Grantham

  4. Out of Hard Times by Cheryl Stapleton

  5. Dance in Commedia by Bill Tuck

  6. Caribbean Murals by Barry Grantham

  7. Was Pulcinella a Pastafarian? by Bill Tuck

  8. Arlecchino in Lockdown by Bill Tuck

  9. Ends and Odd

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