Canobacho - Canobacho

Japanese: カノバッチョ - かのばっちょ
Canobacho - Canobacho

...It is not without reason that these plays, whose success depends more on the work of the actors than on the dramaturgy, have come to the forefront of contemporary Western theatre.
[The Horizon of Playwriting: Scripts and Plays]
In the case of Commedia dell'arte, the written text was first a summary of the plot and the actors' duties for each scene, posted in the wings of the stage called the canovaccio, which could be called a script, even if it was not a play. However, the actors did not only have this "written text," but also various lines to be used according to the situation (ranging from popular puns in slang to quotations from Plato's "Dialogues").

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Canobaccio" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…舞台の成果が劇作術以上に俳優の作業にかかっているこれらの演劇が,現代における西洋型演劇の地平で脚光を浴びているのもいわれのないことではない。
【劇作術の地平――台本と戯曲】
 コメディア・デラルテの場合,文字で表されたテキストは,まずカノバッチョと呼ばれる舞台袖に貼り出された筋の運びと場面ごとの役者の仕事とを要約したものであり,これは戯曲ではないにしても台本と呼べるものであった。しかし役者が持っている〈書かれたテキスト〉はこれだけではなく,状況に応じて用いられるべきさまざまな台詞(俗語による流行の地口からプラトン〈対話編〉の引用まで)があった。…

※「カノバッチョ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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