Commedia dell'arte

/kəmˈiːdiə dˈɛlɑːt/

/kəmˈiːdiə dˈɛlɑːɹt/

Commedia dell'arte

a form of Italian theater that originated in the 16th century and is characterized by its use of stock characters, improvised dialogue, and physical comedy

Examples

1. Do you know about commedia dell'arte?

2. And the idea of commedia dell'arte is you will have extreme characters.

3. The Italians, for example, picked up the baton of clowning and comedy with commedia dell'arte.

4. That's what commedia dell'arte is all about.