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Research Notes: John Rudlin and Commedia’s Masks III.

One of the most instructive texts on the Commedia dell’ Arte that I read while researching The Innamorati was John Rudlin’s classic Commedia dell’ Arte: An Actor’s Handbook. It is a wonderful combination of history, explanation of the different stock characters and their individual personalities, mask work, and performance technique for Commedia. It has been argued […]

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Guest Appearance at Seven Miles of Steel Thistles’ Fairytale Reflections: The Monkey Girl

I would like to thank Katherine Langrish, young adult author and literature blogger supreme (Seven Miles of Steel Thistles), for inviting me to participate in her Fairytale Reflections Series — a collection of wonderful posts on fantasy authors, their work, and then a short essay by the authors on their favorite fairy tales. It’s a

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