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One goes into such a burying place as the Campo Santo at Pisa, or reads Dante's Divina Comedia, and the painters who adorned the walls with frescoes depicting the future abodes of the blessed and the damned, and the poet who actually travelled in thought through Hell and Purgatory and Paradise, were as keenly aware of these places as of neighboring Italian towns.
In Act I an astrologer announces the birth of a giant, who in Act II is represented as persecuting the shepherds. Acts III and IV are occupied by various complaints on his account In Act V, called by Dulfo 'la ultima comedia, overo egloga, the giant carries off a nymph while she is gathering flowers; the shepherds, however, come to her rescue and restore her to her lover.
This is the Amaranta, a 'Comedia nuova pastorale' by Giambattista Casalio of Faenza, which most probably belongs to a date somewhat before 1538. In it the mutual love of Partenio and Amaranta is thwarted by the girl's mother Celia, who destines her for a goatherd. Partenio is led to believe that his love has played him false, while in her turn Amaranta supposes herself forsaken.
Before going on the stage, the Mimes just inspected the Scenario of the Comedia Del' Arte, and for the dialogue and action everything depended solely upon their Pantomimic genius. Disraeli mentions that men of great genius had a passion for performing in these Extemporal Comedies, and, amongst others, the great painter, Salvator Rosa.
El carácter del criado y las situaciones todas en que se encuentra son excelentes y pertenecen a la buena comedia: del padre pudiéramos decir lo que dice la marquesa de su marido; ni es feo, ni es bonito: es un hombre pasivo, es un instrumento no más del astuto don Eduardo. Éste es un bello carácter: la carta que escribe es del mayor efecto y pertenece a la alta comedia.
It was in the long nights of a winter that she conceived the plan of these private theatricals in imitation of the comedia dell' arte namely, of "pieces the improvised dialogue of which followed a written sketch posted up behind the scenes." They resembled the charades which are acted in society and which are more or less developed according to the ensemble and the talent of the performers.
"Plaudite amici, comedia finita est." He then fell into an agony so intense that he could no longer articulate, and thus continued until the evening of the 26th.
DON EDUARDO. Qué miedo tenía que D. Pedro no quisiera prestarse a mi proyecto sin saber antes ... y también que el buen Bruno ... pero hasta aquí todo va viento en popa; ahora sólo falta el que Matilde venga, y me dé ocasión para entablar la comedia ... porque si no consigo hablarla, entonces no sé cómo podré.... BRUNO. Pues ... lo mismo que su padre. DON EDUARDO. ¡Malo!
From this sketch of the history of the arts of music, sculpture, and painting during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, will be seen their state and condition, when the great work of the immortal Dante took his country by surprise. The Divina Comedia was written about the year 1300.
His hand gripped her own feelingly for a moment and he nodded his head but, in words, he said only: "Yes it would." "I wish I knew her. I wish I could set you straight with her," she told him and after that she rose. "At all events it was worth the experiment," she commented. "Well, 'la comedia e finita. I think now I'll go to bed."
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