WebDaniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis was born on 29 April 1957 in the Kensington district of London, the second child of poet Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972) and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon (1925–2009). His older sister, Tamasin Day-Lewis (born 1953), is a television chef and food critic. His father, who was born in the Irish town of Ballintubbert, County Laois, …

WebPulcinella is a one-act ballet by Igor Stravinsky based on an 18th-century play, Quatre Polichinelles semblables ("Four identical Pulcinellas"). Pulcinella is a stock character originating from commedia dell'arte.. The ballet premiered at the Paris Opera on 15 May 1920 under the baton of Ernest Ansermet.The dancer Léonide Massine created both the …

WebRomantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typical romantic comedy, the two lovers tend to be young, likeable, and seemingly meant for each other, yet they are kept …

WebThe Punch and Judy show has roots in the 16th-century Italian commedia dell'arte.The figure of Punch is derived from the Neapolitan stock character of Pulcinella, which was anglicized to Punchinello. He is a variation on the same themes as the Lord of Misrule and the many Trickster figures found in mythologies across the world. Punch's wife was …

WebPagliacci (título original en italiano; en español, Payasos) es un drama en dos actos con un prólogo.La música y el libreto en italiano pertenecen al compositor Ruggero Leoncavallo, y la obra relata la tragedia de un payaso y la infidelidad de su esposa en una compañía teatral de la comedia del arte.. El coro interviene en dos ocasiones.

WebComedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire …

WebIl teatro rinascimentale in Italia. Il Rinascimento fu l'età dell'oro della commedia italiana, anche grazie al recupero e alla traduzione nelle diverse lingue volgari, da parte degli umanisti di numerosi testi classici greci e latini (sia testi teatrali come le commedie di Plauto e Terenzio e le tragedie di Seneca che opere teoriche come la Poetica di Aristotele, …

WebPierrot (/ ˈ p ɪər oʊ / PEER-oh, US also / ˈ p iː ə r oʊ, ˌ p iː ə ˈ r oʊ / PEE-ə-roh, PEE-ə-ROH, French: ()) is a stock character of pantomime and commedia dell'arte, whose origins are in the late seventeenth-century Italian troupe of players performing in Paris and known as the Comédie-Italienne.The name is a diminutive of Pierre (Peter), via the suffix -ot.

WebIl Dottore (pronounced [il dotˈtoːre], 'the Doctor'), commonly known in Italian as Dottor Balan or simply Balanzone ([balanˈtsoːne]; Bolognese Emilian: Dutåur Balanzån) is a commedia dell'arte stock character, in one scenario being an obstacle to young lovers. Il Dottore and Pantalone are the comic foil of each other, Pantalone being the decadent wealthy …

WebIl Capitano ([il kapiˈtaːno], Italian for "The Captain") is one of the four stock characters of Commedia dell'arte. He most likely was never a "Captain" but rather appropriated the name for himself. The Captain uses bravado and excessive shows of manliness to hide his true cowardly nature.