Look at the following images of Commedia companies performing.
You will notice that they are performing OUTDOORS on make-shift stages. This is because they were TOURING companies who moved from city/town to city/town.
The Commedia STYLE of performing develops because of this
.THINK / PAIR / SHARE
- What are the challenges of performing outdoors (in a busy market place?)
- Why would Masks have helped the audience?
- If the audience didn’t understand the language or dialect of the actors (because they were from a different region or even country *Commedia companies toured to other European countries) HOW does the performance STYLE have to compensate for this?
