commedia sostenuta (English spelling) commedia sostenuta

…In Italy, dialect drama, which had the tradition of the ancient Roman Atellana drama, was continued by the playwright Luzzante and others, and in the 16th and 17th centuries, commedia dell'arte, improvised comedy performed by professional actors with specific roles and no set script, became popular. This type of play was in opposition to the orthodox comedy with a script, but it spread throughout Europe and had a great influence on the establishment of orthodox classical comedy. In Elizabethan England, Ben Jonson wrote comedies of humor centered on character, such as Ten Different People and Volpone. …

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…イタリアでも，古代ローマの地方笑劇アテラナ劇の伝統をもつ方言劇が，劇作家ルッツァンテなどに引きつがれ，16,17世紀には，特定の役柄だけあって定められた台本をもたぬ，職業俳優による即興喜劇コメディア･デラルテが盛んになった。この劇は台本をもつ正統喜劇commedia sostenutaと対立するものであるが，ヨーロッパ各地に進出し，正統古典喜劇の成立に大きな影響を与えることになる。エリザベス朝期のイギリスでは，ベン･ジョンソンが，《十人十色》《ボルポーネ》などの性格を中心とした気質喜劇comedy of humorsを書いている。…

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