num_pages: 134
description: Italian comic materials and structures are to be found in all of Moliere's early plays and in later ones as diverse as Tartuffe and L'Avare. This study provides a clear, concise account of the Italian theater as Moliere knew it, both from his reading of literary plays and his watching of improvised commedia dell'arte performances, then shows how this important dual tradition is reflected in his works. This highly readable critical work is indispensable for students of Moliere or of theater history. Now in its second printing.
language: English
title: Moliere and the Italian Theatrical Tradition
titlecomplete: Moliere and the Italian Theatrical Tradition
publisher: Summa Pubns