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 6: Summer 2022

Contents:

  1. Introducing Issue 6 of Zannizine

  2. Arlecchino vs Harlequin by Barry Grantham

  3. Arlequine or Arlecchina? Emergence of the female Harlequin by Barbara Segal

  4. Visual Vernacular - Possibilities within the Commedia Style by Kinny Gardner

  5. Commedia Around the World: Commedia in Tehran introduced by Barry Grantham

  6. Music in Commedia dell’Arte – Part 1 by Bill Tuck

  7. Chalemie Summer School Review by Harvey Dobbs

  8. Ends and Odds

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