Commedia dell'arte (/kɒˈmeɪdiə dɛlˈɑːrteɪ, kə-, -ˈmɛdiə, -ˈɑːrtiː/ kom-AY-dee-ə del-AR-tay, kəm-, -⁠ED-ee-ə, -⁠AR-tee, Italian: [komˈmɛːdja delˈlarte];...

commedia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Commedia may refer to: Divine Comedy, a 1321 epic poem by Dante Alighieri, sometimes called the Commedia...

The Divine Comedy (Italian: Divina Commedia [diˈviːna komˈmɛːdja]) is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed around...

characters found in commedia dell'arte. With his exceptional greed and status at the top of the social order, Pantalone is "money" in the commedia world. His full...

The commedia sexy all'italiana (pronounced [komˈmɛːdja ˈsɛksi allitaˈljaːna], lit. "sex comedy Italian style"), also known as commedia scollacciata ("low-cut...

"little dove"; French and English: Colombine) is a stock character in the commedia dell'arte. She is Harlequin's mistress, a comic servant playing the tricky...

Commedia all'italiana (pronounced [komˈmɛːdja allitaˈljaːna]; pl.: commedie all'italiana, "comedy in the Italian way"), or Italian-style comedy, is an...

lit. 'lovers') were stock characters within the theatre style known as commedia dell'arte, who appeared in 16th-century Italy. In the plays, everything...

the best-known of the comic servant characters (Zanni) from the Italian commedia dell'arte, associated with the city of Bergamo. The role is traditionally...

Each character in commedia dell'arte is distinctly different, and defined by their movement, actions, masks, and costumes. These costumes show their social...