Semiotics and Pragmatics of Stage Improvisation

Analysis of improvisation as a compositional practice in the Commedia dell''Arte and related traditions from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Domenic Pietropaolo takes textual material from the stage traditions of Italy, France, Germany and England, and covers comedic drama, dance, pantomime and dramatic theory, and more. He shines a light onto ''the signs of improvised communication''.

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