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
Issue 11, Spring 2025
Contents:
SIMON CALLOW on COMMEDIA – by Simon Callow
Low, Vulgar and Naughty: Mark Ravenhill Does Commedia – by Cheryl Stapleton
The Rise of Quick-Change: From Commedia to Record Breaking Transformation– by Cheryl Stapleton
From the Archive:Album-Ricordo del Duttoùr Balanzòn– by Barry Grantham
Book Review: M. J. McMahan’s Border-Crossing and Comedy at the Théâtre Italian, 1716-1723 – by Olly Crick
Issue 9: Spring/Summer 2023
Contents:
1. Introducing Issue 9 of Zannizine
2. Cyril W. Beaumont: A Recollection (Barry Grantham)
3. Dance in Commedia – Part I (Bill Tuck)
4. Cyril W. Beaumont: An Appreciation (Barry Grantham)
5. Choreographing Callot (Klaus Abromeit)
6. Cyril W. Beaumont and Cecil Sharp (Bill Tuck)
7. The Changing Fortunes of Mr Punch (Bill Tuck)
8. Stage Craft – Part II (Barry)
9. Book Reviews:
i. John Rudlin’s “The Metamorphoses of Commedia dell’Arte, or Whatever Happened to Harlequin” (Olly Crick)
ii. The collected articles in “Commedia dell’Arte in Context”, editor Balme (Bill Tuck)
10. Ends and Odds: Highlights from World Commedia Day, 25 February 2023 (Cheryl Stapleton)
Issue 4: Winter 2021-2022
Contents:
Introducing Issue 4 of Zannizine
British Seaside Pierrot Troupes by Uncle Tacko! AKA Dr Tony Lidington
Commedia dell'Arte in Brazil: A Requiem for Roberto Innocente by Douglas Kodi
Viva La Commedia! Staging Commedia in Singapore by André Pink
Key to the Players in the Theatre Royal by Barry Grantham
Francisco De Goya And His Masks by Rein van Schagen
Books & Book Reviews: The Commedia dell’Arte by Giacomo Oreglia by Olly Crick
Ends and Odds