Shakespeare and Commedia dell'Arte

Artemis Preeshl is a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Theatre and professional director, actor, dialect coach, and choreographer who has worked at Tulane University, Loyola University New Orleans, Utah State University, the Faculty of Creative and Artistic Technology at Universiti Teknologi MARA in Malaysia, and Kalakshetra Foundation and the University of Madras in India.

• PrefaceIntroductionCast of CharactersChapter 1: Italian Influences on Shakespeare and his ContemporariesChapter 2: Commedia dell’Arte in Italian and English ComediesChapter 3: Commedia dell’arte in A Midsummer Night’s DreamChapter 4: Commedia dell’arte in The Comedy of ErrorsChapter 5: Commedia dell’arte in The Merchant of Venice Chapter 6: Commedia dell’arte in The Two Gentlemen of Verona Chapter 7: Commedia dell’arte in Twelfth Night Chapter 8: Commedia dell’arte in The Taming of the Shrew Chapter 9: Commedia dell’arte in All’s Well That Ends Well Chapter 10: Commedia dell’arte in The Winter’s TaleChapter 11: Commedia dell’arte in Much Ado About NothingChapter 12: Commedia dell’arte in OthelloChapter 11: Commedia dell’arte in The Tempest ConclusionGlossaryCommedia dell’arte Warm-up and WorkoutAppendix