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 & Cheryl Stapleton

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

Contents:

1. Introducing Issue 7 of Zannizine

2. Commedia is Alive and Kicking by Brendan Stapleton

3. Resurgence of the Bouffon by Cheryl Stapleton

4. Music in Commedia dell’Arte – Part 2 by Bill Tuck

5. Commedia Around the World: Surprise Commedia in North Carolina by Lara Coutinho-Dean

6. Stage Craft ... and Commedia! By Barry Grantham

7. Book Review by Olly Crick

8. A Scenario – Magnifico of the Rings by Nathan Hook

9. Ends and Odds

Contents:

1. Introducing Issue 3 of Zannizine

2. Centre Sélavy by John Rudlin

3. Enter the Witch by Olly Crick

4. The ‘Dames’ of Burnacini by Bill Tuck

5. From Witch to Dame (& Back Again?) by Bill Tuck

6. Origins and Variants of the Harlequin Costume by Barry Grantham

7. Commedia Around the World: Commedia in Paris by Anna Cottis

8. Memories ... by Rein van Schagen

9. Ends and Odds: Introducing Lesser-known Masks, announcements and news

Christmas Supplement:

1. Glimpses of Deburau by Barry Grantham

2. Plum Pudding for Pantomime by David Drummond

3. The Art of Amusing 1871