Emma Bannon, Sorceress Prime in service to Queen Victrix, has a mission: to find the doctor who has created a powerful new weapon. To learn more about Commedia dell’Arte, see Pierre Louis Duchartre, The Italian Comedy (Dover Pubs., 1966). The service of Britannia is not for the faint of heart - or conscience. The beak was stuffed with spices to “purify” the air that the doctor breathed, because it was widely and erroneously believed that the plague was spread through the air. Their outfit consisted of a wide brimmed hat to show that the man was a doctor, leather gloves and boots, a body-length linen gown covered in wax, and beaked mask with glass lenses to protect the face. Shop flamingo plague doctor merch created by independent artists from around the globe. Masked actors had to compensate for their inability to convey facial emotion through posture, gesture, and vocal nuance.ĭuring the period of the Black Death in Europe, doctors visited plague victims to verify whether they have been afflicted and to offer treatment. The Commedia‘s ability to stay topical and its frequent resort to vulgar humor, combined with the considerable talent of Italian troupes that traveled throughout Europe, made this form of theater extremely popular throughout the early 17th to late 19th centuries. However, the Commedia differed in having only a very basic plot sketch, with most of the lines invented extemporaneously by the actors. Like classical theater, Commedia performers wore leather masks to represent stock characters and often performed in amphitheaters to large audiences. The Commedia dell’Arte was a form of public entertainment that succeeded the classical Roman theater in Italy. OTHER MATERIALS: glass lenses acrylic paint brass buckles brass O-rings MAKER: Lara Milanova (London, England, 1971- )
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