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Issue 10: Winter 2023/24

Contents:

  1. Introducing Issue 10 of Zannizine

  2. Commedia dell’Arte: One Name, Many Meanings (Antonio Fava)

  3. Keeping the Commedia Banner Flying (Barry Grantham)

  4. Commedia around the World: The Power of Commedia dell’Arte in Malta (Sir Narcy Calamatta)

  5. Madame Maintenon & The Commedia dell’Arte (Barry Grantham)

  6. Book Review - Antonio Fava’s The Comic Mask in the Commedia dell’Arte (Cheryl Stapleton)

  7. Stage Craft – Part III (Barry Grantham)

  8. From the Archive - John A. Cross’ ‘20 Commedia dell’Arte Scenarios from the 1570s‘ (Jay Cross)

  9. Commedia dell’Arte: un nome, più significati (in Italian (Antonio Fava)

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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)

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Issue 8: Winter 2022/23

Contents:

  1. Introducing Issue 8 of Zannizine

  2. The Masquerade Ball as Participatory Commedia by Barbara Segal

  3. Commedia in Context - from Pulcinella to Mr Punch - Bill Tuck

  4. Book Review - Giorgio Angamben’s Pulcinella - Bill Tuck

  5. Music in Commedia dell’Arte - Part 3 by Bill Tuck

  6. From the Archive – The Death & Resurrection of Punchinello

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Issue 7: Autumn 2022

Contents:

  1. Introducing Issue 7 of Zannizine

  2. Commedia is Alive and Kicking by Brendan Stapleton

  3. Resurgence of the Bouffon by Cheryl Stapleton

  4. Music in Commedia dell’Arte – Part 2 by Bill Tuck

  5. Commedia Around the World: Surprise Commedia in North Carolina by Lara Coutinho-Dean

  6. Stage Craft ... and Commedia! By Barry Grantham

  7. Book Review by Olly Crick

  8. A Scenario – Magnifico of the Rings by Nathan Hook

  9. Ends and Odds

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Issue 6: Summer 2022

Contents:

  1. Introducing Issue 6 of Zannizine

  2. Arlecchino vs Harlequin by Barry Grantham

  3. Arlequine or Arlecchina? Emergence of the female Harlequin by Barbara Segal

  4. Visual Vernacular - Possibilities within the Commedia Style by Kinny Gardner

  5. Commedia Around the World: Commedia in Tehran introduced by Barry Grantham

  6. Music in Commedia dell’Arte – Part 1 by Bill Tuck

  7. Chalemie Summer School Review by Harvey Dobbs

  8. Ends and Odds

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Issue 5: Spring 2022

Contents:

  1. Introducing Issue 5 of Zannizine: The Present Status of Commedia

  2. Carnival – The Masks of Michael Ayrton introduced by Barry Grantham

  3. Yes, Dark Lord by Nathan Hook

  4. Joan Schirle (1944–2022) by Olly Crick

  5. Books & Book Reviews

  6. Competition

  7. Maurice Sand – Towards an Appraisal by Barry Grantham

  8. Jacques Callot’s Balli di Sfessania by John Rudlin

  9. Ends and Odds

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Issue 4: Winter 2021-2022

Contents:

  1. Introducing Issue 4 of Zannizine

  2. British Seaside Pierrot Troupes by Uncle Tacko! AKA Dr Tony Lidington

  3. Commedia dell'Arte in Brazil: A Requiem for Roberto Innocente by Douglas Kodi

  4. Viva La Commedia! Staging Commedia in Singapore by André Pink

  5. Key to the Players in the Theatre Royal by Barry Grantham

  6. Francisco De Goya And His Masks by Rein van Schagen

  7. Books & Book Reviews: The Commedia dell’Arte by Giacomo Oreglia by Olly Crick

  8. Ends and Odds

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Issue 3: Autumn 2021 & Christmas Supplement

Contents:

  1. Introducing Issue 3 of Zannizine

  2. Centre Sélavy by John Rudlin

  3. Enter the Witch by Olly Crick

  4. The ‘Dames’ of Burnacini by Bill Tuck

  5. From Witch to Dame (& Back Again?) by Bill Tuck

  6. Origins and Variants of the Harlequin Costume by Barry Grantham

  7. Commedia Around the World: Commedia in Paris by Anna Cottis

  8. Memories ... by Rein van Schagen

  9. Ends and Odds: Introducing Lesser-known Masks, announcements and news

Christmas Supplement:

  1. Glimpses of Deburau by Barry Grantham

  2. Plum Pudding for Pantomime by David Drummond

  3. The Art of Amusing 1871

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Issue 2: Summer 2021

Contents:

  1. Introducing Issue 2 of Zannizine

  2. Learning Through Commedia dell'Arte by Cheryl Stapleton

  3. Manifesto! By Olly Crick

  4. Review of Wuthering Heist by Barry Grantham

  5. Commedia Around the World: Commedia dell’Arte in Boston by Jay Cross and Chiara Durazzini

  6. A Little-known Engraver by Barry Grantham

  7. Dance and the Muse of Comedy by Bill Tuck

  8. The Magic of Sands by Bill Tuck

  9. Ends and Odds

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Issue 1: Spring 2021

Contents:

  1. Introducing the Zannizine

  2. The Noble Knight of Avignon by John Broadbent

  3. The Baleful Influence of Funny Walks by Barry Grantham

  4. Out of Hard Times by Cheryl Stapleton

  5. Dance in Commedia by Bill Tuck

  6. Caribbean Murals by Barry Grantham

  7. Was Pulcinella a Pastafarian? by Bill Tuck

  8. Arlecchino in Lockdown by Bill Tuck

  9. Ends and Odd

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