commedia dell'arte

com·me·dia del·l'ar·te | \ kə-ˌmā-dē-ə-(ˌ)del-ˈär-tē

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Definition of commedia dell'arte

: Italian comedy of the 16th to 18th centuries improvised from standardized situations and stock characters

Examples of commedia dell'arte in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The initiative kicks off April 2 with Richard Bean's One Man, Two Guvnors, a rollicking update of Carlo Goldoni's commedia dell'arte classic, The Servant of Two Masters, relocated to the English seaside town of Brighton in 1963. — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, "James Corden in 'One Man, Two Guvnors' to Kick Off NT Live Free Programming," 26 Mar. 2020

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“Commedia dell'arte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commedia%20dell%27arte. Accessed 20 Oct. 2020.

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