Comedy, New Writing
The Italians in England by Action Theatre (Italy)
Action Theatre (Italy)
1572. Shakespeare is some years away but Commedia dell’Arte’s combination of mask, comedy, wild plots, hilarious improvisation and women performing on stage is taking Europe by storm. Queen Elizabeth I insists on seeing the Italian players at her royal court. With leather half masks, exquisite costumes and live music, professional company Action Theatre (Italy) adapt Flaminio Scala’s original canovaccio, Il Vecchio Geloso (The Jealous Old Man), which includes a lunch invaded by wild boar. Servants and masters seek love and raw passion and reality collide at the Doctor's house outside Venice.
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Theatre
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£13.00 -
2-24 August 2024 -
50 minutes -
theSpace @ Surgeons Hall -
Age 12+ (Guideline) -
Contains mild sexual references
