Commedia dell'Arte: Plotting, lying, deceiving and cheating, but all's well that ends well GCSE experimental style

experimental style

an ‘investigation board’ can be set up in the classroom to document the students’ ideas

recreated the ghost’s speech using multiple characterisation and choral voice

showing a creative and imaginative facility

Commedia dell'Arte: Plotting, lying, deceiving and cheating, but all's well that ends well GCSE experimental styleCommedia dellArte began in 16th century Italy and France when travelling players improvised performances for local festivals and carnivals. The companies used a set of stock characters to improvise scenarios with a very clear structure. They employed masks, physical theatre and acrobatic skills to tell their stories, and entertained the spectators with visual humour, slapstick and satire based on recognisable figures of authority. This series of