# Five Comedies - Hardcover

by **Carlo Goldoni** (Author), **Gianluca Rizzo** (Editor), **Michael Hackett** (Editor)

One of the first and most important Italian playwrights to move away from the _commedia dell'arte_ tradition of improvisation, Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793) wrote more naturalistic "comedies of character" that featured the dialect and situations of everyday life in Venice.

_Five Comedies_ collects a selection of Goldoni's finest plays, annotated and translated into English: _The New House_, _The Coffee House_, and "The Holiday Trilogy" (_Off to the Country_, _Adventures in the Country_, and _Back from the Country_). Editor Michael Hackett provides an introduction to Goldoni and his performance tradition for directors, actors, and designers, revealing the masterful construction of Goldoni's plays, while an afterword by Cesare de Michelis carefully reconstructs the playwright's life and times.

### Author Biography

**Carlo Goldoni** (1707-1793) was a leading eighteenth-century Venetian playwright. **Gianluca Rizzo** is the Paul D. and Marilyn Paganucci Associate Professor of Italian Language and Literature at Colby College.  
**Michael Hackett** is a professor in the Theatre Department at the University of California, Los Angeles. **Michael Hackett** is a professor in the Theatre Department at the University of California, Los Angeles. **Brittany Asaro** is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Languages, Cultures and Literatures at the University of San Diego. **Cesare de Michelis** is emeritus professor of contemporary Italian literature at the University of Padua, and president of Marsilio Editori.

**Number of Pages:** 432

**Dimensions:** 1.5 x 9.2 x 5.9 IN

**Publication Date:** March 24, 2016

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