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This groundbreaking scholarly work traces the evolution of the comic old man across Italian and English Renaissance theatre, revealing how English dramatists reimagined an Italian dramatic model to address native concerns about ageing and masculinity. Anthony Ellis examines the comic elder in sixteenth-century Florentine erudite comedy, its parallel development in early modern Venice and commedia dell'arte traditions, and the character's flourishing on the Elizabethan and Jacobean stage. By exploring Anglo-Italian intertextuality, this book demonstrates how Renaissance playwrights transformed the stock figure of the comic old man into a vehicle for exploring anxieties about age, power, and social identity. Essential reading for theatre historians, literary scholars, and anyone interested in how dramatic conventions travelled between Italy and England during the Renaissance period.

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First comprehensive book-length study of the comic old man character across Italian and Shakespearean Renaissance drama.

Ellis analyses the character's development from sixteenth-century Florentine erudite comedy through Venetian and commedia dell'arte traditions.

Explores Anglo-Italian intertextuality to show how English dramatists adopted and reimagined the Italian comic elder model.

Examines the flourishing of the comic old man on the Elizabethan and Jacobean stage alongside continental European influences.

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05 August 2009
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04 June 2009

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