Please help me! I need information for a major project I am doing for school. It is on Brighella/Scapino. I need to know the history of Brighella/Scapino and...
Please help me! I need information for a major project I am doing for school. It is on Brighella/Scapino. I need to know the history of Brighella/Scapino and...
Does anyone out there think Larry from Three's Company was a sort of Brighella? (Yeah yeah, I'm dating myself? )He was always plotting stuff, and totally...
Jimmy, check old messages on this Club, there is a great discussion titled Brighella/Scapino; messages #211,212,216,218,221,222,228, there may be others too....
Thank you for all your help about Brighella, BUT, I still cannot find any information about Brighella's History. Please, if you could just tell me the history...
Nothing personal , jimmy, but I personally feel that you should do your own damned homework! =~=~=~ =~=~=~ =~=~=~ =~=~=~ =~=~=~ =~=~=~ =~=~=~ =~=~=~ =~=~=~ ...
So don't leave. But you'll still have to do your own homework. Rose ... -=-=-=- food. shelter. clothing. net. Got.net - The Internet Connection, Inc...
Ok As someone new to this group... I saw lots of people trying to point young jimmy in the right direction. You should all be commended for not doing his work...
... Honestly, I think he was verging on "Troll." Jim answered his question quite thoroughly, I thought, and he was unsatisfied and insulting. Heck, I learned...
NOTICE TO ALL: Sorry for any thing I may have said. I ment to send it to a certain person who sent me a nasty e-mail Sunday. Thank you to all who helped me. I...
This is me laughing... What a victim! Again I reiterate I'm new to this group, and I know no one here knows me, but boy, aren't you all ashamed of yourselves...
Well, what a lot of traffic! Thanks to Jimmy, we have had more messages four days into November than in all of October. One cannot please everyone (maybe we...
Hi All, I'm going to Italy in late December and want to see a Commedia Dell Arte performance (or 2 or 3 or 12...). I've never been to Italy before and I don't...
'Lo Iluvharle, Sorry I don't have any info on the performances, but I'll bet if you call over to the CDA headquarters (Their number is on their webpage), but I...
Thanks Kyle and others who responded. I knew I could count on you for some info. If I get pics, I'll be sure to make them available to you. Ciao! ... if you...
We were looking for a modern example of Brighella? I think of Homer Simpson. I wonder if the writers of the Simpsons had some schooling in Commedia, because...
I see Homer more of a pure old time zanni, a cartoon version of a Lou Costello type. For a modern Brighella, I haven't seen a better example than Bud Abbott,...
Where is Brighella best seen in 20th century media? It depends on when you look at Brighella, but I'd say Homer Simpson has too many [brief] moments of...
I think too much is made out of Brighella being "cool" The big thing IMO is that Brighella is the planner-- he has plans that get foiled (as compared to...
Sunday New York Times (November 24, Arts and Leisure section, page 5) featured an article about the revival of Vaudeville that leads off like this: ...
The Simpsons are great! I especially love the use of the limited cast of characters revealing new facets of themseleves in different stories, each character...
I thought the following would interest members: Impressions of a Commedia performance in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, conveyed to me by an college English...
I'm directing a Commedia show for (and helping introduce Commedia to) a small University. I thought we could base our production on "The Servant of Two...
Alright Commedia-philes, I'm up to direct a show this spring, and I'd love to work on a Commedia piece. Hit a snag though... while looking for material, I ...
The i Sebastiani web-site has a file you can download that lists scenarios by cast-size [including the male-female split]. In the Napoli Scenarios [edited by...
It is a common problem, so many good women so few Commedia roles. I am sure you will find a successful answer. If I had only two men (the lucky dogs) I would...
