Beolco, Scala, and Goldoni

Question 1

Who wrote Bilora?

Answer 1

Angelo Beolco

Question 2

What as Angelo Beolco?

Answer 2

(1501-1542) born in Padua actor and dramatist; performed in Venice as Puzzante “the gossip”; dad was a Paduan doctor; patron was man named Cornaro; his company performed in Padua, Venice, and Ferrara
-wrote Bilora

Question 3

Who wrote The Portrait?

Answer 3

Flaminio Scala

Question 4

Who is Flaminio Scala?

Answer 4

wrote for Gelosi and Confidenti companies; most prolific of commedia suggesti authors; he was also a player, stage director&playwright; played Flavio in a production of The Portrait (which he wrote)

Question 5

Who wrote The Fan?

Answer 5

Carlo Goldoni

Question 6

Who was Carlo Goldoni?

Answer 6

born in Venice, son of a doctor, first career was law, then went to theatre his true love, in 1734 he was writing commedia scenarios; eventually turned against commedia form and sought to reform traditional Italian comedy (Goldonian Reform)

Question 7

What was Goldonian Reform?

Answer 7

reform of traditional italian comedy led by Carlo Goldoni:

1. abandoned the masks (they inhibited facial features)
2. substituted subjects based on life, he believed comedy should reflect nature; like moliere he depicted foibles of the middle and lower class (depicted characters absent from commedia dell’arte)
3. the stock characters of commedia became humanized and softened

Question 8

What were the humanized/softened stock characters created by Goldoni?

Answer 8

Young Lovers (Candida, Baron, Evaristo)
Miles Gloriosus (Count)
Clever Females/Servants (Susanna, Giannina)