- commedias dell'arte
- (16th-18th centuries) Italian theatrical comedy performed by masked characters who use recurrent characters and themes as a basis for an improvised plot and dialogue
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
commedias dell'arte
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commedia dell'arte — /keuh may dee euh del ahr tee/; It. /kawm me dyah del lahrdd te/, pl. commedia dell artes, commedias dell arte, It. commedie dell arte /kawm me dye del lahrdd te/. Italian popular comedy, developed chiefly during the 16th 18th centuries, in which … Universalium
commedia — {{hw}}{{commedia}}{{/hw}}s. f. 1 Composizione in versi o in prosa, destinata alla rappresentazione scenica, di origine classica, che ritrae personaggi e fatti comuni, con svolgimento e finale solitamente lieti | Commedia dell arte, a soggetto,… … Enciclopedia di italiano
commedia erudita — ˌerəˈdēd.ə, ˌārüˈ noun (plural commedia eruditas or commedias eruditas) Etymology: Italian, literally, erudite comedy : Italian comedy played from a written text compare commedia dell arte … Useful english dictionary
