Lecture “The Paths of Commedia dell’arte and Its Characters”

Lecture “The Paths of Commedia dell’arte and Its Characters: From the 16th Century to the Present Day” at the Cultural Center.

Part of the “Cultural Code” series. The lecture is devoted to commedia dell’arte — the street theater of 16th-century Italy, where traveling performers played simple plots with tricks, improvisation, and recognizable masks. The lecture will examine how this theatrical genre became one of the most influential in European culture and left its mark on classical drama, film, fashion, and comics.

The lecture is delivered by literary scholar Елена Труфанова.

• commedia dell’arte: 16th-century Italy, improvisation, tricks, and a limited set of masks
• the influence of the commedia of masks tradition on the works of Мольер, Бомарше, Гоцци, and Гольдони
• echoes in European prose (Теккерей, Флобер, Моэм, Гюго) and Russian literature (Достоевский, Гаршин), influence on the Silver Age
• film references: “Rossini, or The Whore’s Question: Who Slept with Whom?” (1996), “Walk” (2003), “The Gentle One” (2017)
• images of commedia dell’arte in contemporary culture — from the DC universe to haute couture

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The event is in Russian.

Registration: +7 921 370 15 70 (WhatsApp, Telegram)