A story of a political activist who 'fell' to his death from the window of a police station. It presents incisive satire on police corruption, media manipulation and political shenanigans.

Product Description: This volume offers translated texts of three classics of Italian Renaissance comedy, with introductions and bibliographies for each: Ariosto's seminal second play, "The Supposes"; Machiavelli's "Mandrake"; and the composition of the Sienese Intronati, "The Deceived"...read more

Goldoni's drama about several pairs of lovers, their parents, and servants in search of fortunes

Product Description: The author of The Love of Three Oranges, Turandot and The Snake Lady is an almost forgotten figure who, despite calling his reminiscences Useless Memoirs, would surely have hated our stage for the neglect we've provided him with. Gozzi was one of Italy's greatest playwrights...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Book by Radcliff-Umstead, Douglas

Product Description: Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) is best known in the English-speaking world for his radical challenge to traditional Western theatre with plays such as Six Characters in Search of an Author. This book argues for the centrality of the character in all of Pirandello's writings - novels, short stories, and essays as well as plays...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A brilliant comedy and relentless criticism of the moral and social values of the 18th-century Venetian bourgeoisie by one of Europe's most celebrated playwrights. Bilingual edition. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Anyone for Venice? Yes, lots of people actually: pilgrims, con artists, gamblers, phonies, policemen, waiters, businessmen -- all caught up in the Carnival, dropping in at the coffee shop for a cuppa, for java was big in 1750.

Product Description: This is the first volume of a collected edition of the complete plays of Luigi Pirandello, one of the major playwrights of the early 20th century. Henry IV (1922) has always been one of the most performed and popular of Pirandello’s works, both in Italy and in other countries...read more

Product Description: The third volume of Luigi Pirandello's collected plays contains major work, but The Rules of the Game is by far the best known. First performed in 1918, the action of the play does not all take place on the surface; situations are suddenly reversed when the mind of the deceived husband becomes clear to the audience...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The Italian statesman and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli, well known as the author of The Prince, wrote not only grave, cold-blooded political tracts but also comedies, poems, fables, and letters that are seemingly lighthearted...read more

Product Description: This is an Authors Guild/BIP title. Please use Authors Guild/BIP specs.Author's Bio:Use author's bio.Description: The Commedia dell'arte, which arose in the 16th century, was a form of professional improvised theatre. It gave the world such comic figures (masks) as Harlequin, Pulcinella, Pierrot, Dottore, and other stock characters...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

This account of Commedia's origins as a popular theatrical form includes a practical, step-by-step guide to using Commedia techniques in performance. The work explores Commedia's recent revival through companies like Tag and Theatre de Complicite and the influential methods of Jacques Lecoq. The second part of the book provides a guide for would-be practitioners, demonstrating how to approach the roles of Zanni, Arlecchion, Brighella, Pantalone, Dottore, and the Lovers. It explains each stock character's "type" in turn: name, status, origin; costume, mask, props; stance, walks, movements; gestures, speech, characteristics; and relationships, plot functions and improvizations. The text also covers a range of "lazzi" or comic business, improvization exercises, sample monologues and dialogues. The author charts the experiments of 20th-century directors and artistes in "reconstructing and revitalizing a form which dominated European culture for three centuries".

Product Description: This volume collects the 1988 papers of The Society for Italian Studies, comprising Volume Six in the series "The Italian Origins of European Theatre".

Product Description: How to run a successful SNF Learn the nuts and bolts of how to be an effective SNF administrator. This book serves as your blueprint to managing staff, developing a budget, and navigating the ever-changing regulatory environment. Complete with an emphasis on high-focus survey targets such as Medicare reimbursement, quality care, and documentation, this book also contains more than 850 downloadable test questions to ensure SNF administrators are well prepared to improve operational efficiency...read more