Issue 10: Winter 2023/24
Contents:
Introducing Issue 10 of Zannizine
Commedia dell’Arte: One Name, Many Meanings (Antonio Fava)
Keeping the Commedia Banner Flying (Barry Grantham)
Commedia around the World: The Power of Commedia dell’Arte in Malta (Sir Narcy Calamatta)
Madame Maintenon & The Commedia dell’Arte (Barry Grantham)
Book Review - Antonio Fava’s The Comic Mask in the Commedia dell’Arte (Cheryl Stapleton)
Stage Craft – Part III (Barry Grantham)
From the Archive - John A. Cross’ ‘20 Commedia dell’Arte Scenarios from the 1570s‘ (Jay Cross)
Commedia dell’Arte: un nome, più significati (in Italian (Antonio Fava)
Issue 9: Spring/Summer 2023
Contents:
1. Introducing Issue 9 of Zannizine
2. Cyril W. Beaumont: A Recollection (Barry Grantham)
3. Dance in Commedia – Part I (Bill Tuck)
4. Cyril W. Beaumont: An Appreciation (Barry Grantham)
5. Choreographing Callot (Klaus Abromeit)
6. Cyril W. Beaumont and Cecil Sharp (Bill Tuck)
7. The Changing Fortunes of Mr Punch (Bill Tuck)
8. Stage Craft – Part II (Barry)
9. Book Reviews:
i. John Rudlin’s “The Metamorphoses of Commedia dell’Arte, or Whatever Happened to Harlequin” (Olly Crick)
ii. The collected articles in “Commedia dell’Arte in Context”, editor Balme (Bill Tuck)
10. Ends and Odds: Highlights from World Commedia Day, 25 February 2023 (Cheryl Stapleton)
Issue 8: Winter 2022/23
Contents:
Introducing Issue 8 of Zannizine
The Masquerade Ball as Participatory Commedia by Barbara Segal
Commedia in Context - from Pulcinella to Mr Punch - Bill Tuck
Book Review - Giorgio Angamben’s Pulcinella - Bill Tuck
Music in Commedia dell’Arte - Part 3 by Bill Tuck
From the Archive – The Death & Resurrection of Punchinello
Issue 7: Autumn 2022
Contents:
Introducing Issue 7 of Zannizine
Commedia is Alive and Kicking by Brendan Stapleton
Resurgence of the Bouffon by Cheryl Stapleton
Music in Commedia dell’Arte – Part 2 by Bill Tuck
Commedia Around the World: Surprise Commedia in North Carolina by Lara Coutinho-Dean
Stage Craft ... and Commedia! By Barry Grantham
Book Review by Olly Crick
A Scenario – Magnifico of the Rings by Nathan Hook
Ends and Odds
Issue 6: Summer 2022
Contents:
Introducing Issue 6 of Zannizine
Arlecchino vs Harlequin by Barry Grantham
Arlequine or Arlecchina? Emergence of the female Harlequin by Barbara Segal
Visual Vernacular - Possibilities within the Commedia Style by Kinny Gardner
Commedia Around the World: Commedia in Tehran introduced by Barry Grantham
Music in Commedia dell’Arte – Part 1 by Bill Tuck
Chalemie Summer School Review by Harvey Dobbs
Ends and Odds
Issue 5: Spring 2022
Contents:
Introducing Issue 5 of Zannizine: The Present Status of Commedia
Carnival – The Masks of Michael Ayrton introduced by Barry Grantham
Yes, Dark Lord by Nathan Hook
Joan Schirle (1944–2022) by Olly Crick
Books & Book Reviews
Competition
Maurice Sand – Towards an Appraisal by Barry Grantham
Jacques Callot’s Balli di Sfessania by John Rudlin
Ends and Odds
Issue 4: Winter 2021-2022
Contents:
Introducing Issue 4 of Zannizine
British Seaside Pierrot Troupes by Uncle Tacko! AKA Dr Tony Lidington
Commedia dell'Arte in Brazil: A Requiem for Roberto Innocente by Douglas Kodi
Viva La Commedia! Staging Commedia in Singapore by André Pink
Key to the Players in the Theatre Royal by Barry Grantham
Francisco De Goya And His Masks by Rein van Schagen
Books & Book Reviews: The Commedia dell’Arte by Giacomo Oreglia by Olly Crick
Ends and Odds
Issue 3: Autumn 2021 & Christmas Supplement
Contents:
Introducing Issue 3 of Zannizine
Centre Sélavy by John Rudlin
Enter the Witch by Olly Crick
The ‘Dames’ of Burnacini by Bill Tuck
From Witch to Dame (& Back Again?) by Bill Tuck
Origins and Variants of the Harlequin Costume by Barry Grantham
Commedia Around the World: Commedia in Paris by Anna Cottis
Memories ... by Rein van Schagen
Ends and Odds: Introducing Lesser-known Masks, announcements and news
Christmas Supplement:
Glimpses of Deburau by Barry Grantham
Plum Pudding for Pantomime by David Drummond
The Art of Amusing 1871
Issue 2: Summer 2021
Contents:
Introducing Issue 2 of Zannizine
Learning Through Commedia dell'Arte by Cheryl Stapleton
Manifesto! By Olly Crick
Review of Wuthering Heist by Barry Grantham
Commedia Around the World: Commedia dell’Arte in Boston by Jay Cross and Chiara Durazzini
A Little-known Engraver by Barry Grantham
Dance and the Muse of Comedy by Bill Tuck
The Magic of Sands by Bill Tuck
Ends and Odds
Issue 1: Spring 2021
Contents:
Introducing the Zannizine
The Noble Knight of Avignon by John Broadbent
The Baleful Influence of Funny Walks by Barry Grantham
Out of Hard Times by Cheryl Stapleton
Dance in Commedia by Bill Tuck
Caribbean Murals by Barry Grantham
Was Pulcinella a Pastafarian? by Bill Tuck
Arlecchino in Lockdown by Bill Tuck
Ends and Odd