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)

Read More
Commedia, History, Articles, Masks, Research Cheryl Stapleton Commedia, History, Articles, Masks, Research Cheryl Stapleton

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

Read More
Commedia, History, Articles, Masks, Research Cheryl Stapleton Commedia, History, Articles, Masks, Research Cheryl Stapleton

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

Read More
Commedia, Masks, Articles, History, Research Cheryl Stapleton Commedia, Masks, Articles, History, Research Cheryl Stapleton

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

Read More