Archive, History, Performance Practice, Puppetry and Masks Cheryl Stapleton Archive, History, Performance Practice, Puppetry and Masks Cheryl Stapleton

Issue 12, Spring/Summer 2026

Contents:

1.         How Harlekino Saved My Life – Katrien van Beurden

2.         Playing Commedia – Cheryl Stapleton

3.         Jottings of Theatrical Biograph– Barry Grantham

4.         Punch and Pulcinella – A Tale of Two Puppets – Olly Crick

5.         World Ballet News– Barry Grantham

6.         Commedia: Learning The Habit of Virtuosity – Olly Crick

7.         When Orlando Lassus Played Pantalone– Bill Tuck

8.         Complete Commedia Scenarios Project – Jay Cross

9.        Biographies of Guest Contributors

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Archive, History, Quick-change, Plays, Book Reviews Cheryl Stapleton Archive, History, Quick-change, Plays, Book Reviews Cheryl Stapleton

Issue 11, Spring 2025

Contents:

  1. SIMON CALLOW on COMMEDIA – by Simon Callow

  2. Low, Vulgar and Naughty: Mark Ravenhill Does Commedia – by Cheryl Stapleton

  3. The Rise of Quick-Change: From Commedia to Record Breaking Transformation– by Cheryl Stapleton

  4. From the Archive:Album-Ricordo del Duttoùr Balanzòn– by Barry Grantham

  5. Book Review: M. J. McMahan’s Border-Crossing and Comedy at the Théâtre Italian, 1716-1723 – by Olly Crick

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