commedia dell'arte in English
noun
1
an improvised kind of popular comedy in Italian theaters in the 16th–18th centuries, based on stock characters. Actors adapted their comic dialogue and action according to a few basic plots (commonly love intrigues) and to topical issues.
These were worn by players in the Italian theater known as commedia dell'arte , which was popular in the 16th century.
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1. Columbine (the commedia dell'arte) or Columbina, a stock character in the Commedia dell'arte Columbine, a stock character in Harlequinade Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media Columbine (album), an album by Aura Dione
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3. Just like classic Commedia Dell'Arte Absinthe revels in the baseness of humanity to get us to laugh at ourselves while highlighting how amazingly awesome we can also be