The influence of commedia dell’arte, the early Italian theater genre in which troupes wore masks representing stock characters, can be seen in later playwrights across the continent. For 10 points each:
[10m] This Italian playwright wrote of how commedia dell’arte influenced his craft in his “mini-manual” The Tricks of the Trade. This irreverent left-wing playwright also wrote Accidental Death of an Anarchist.
ANSWER: Dario Fo
[10h] This 18th-century French playwright borrowed commedia stock characters like the lovesick Lélio for his own comedies, which include The Surprise of Love and The Game of Love and Chance.
ANSWER: Pierre de Marivaux
[10e] The English word pantaloon, derived from the foolish old commedia stock character Pantalone, was coined in this Shakespeare comedy set in Italy, in which Petruchio attempts to woo Katherina.
ANSWER: The Taming of the Shrew
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