In this film Didi Hopkins of commediaworks takes a workshop of young actors through the different stock character shapes and explains the importance of these differing physicalities.

Commedia character shapes

Commedia dell'arte came out of Venice in the 1600s. It was a popular form of street theatre based on improvised scenarios between stock characters based on universal types of masters, servants and lovers. This collection features video about the world of commedia and offers video workshops that look at the key attributes of the craft.

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