What are the manifestations of impromptu comedy?

Impromptu comedy takes love and intrigue as the main line, and most of them show a pair of men and women in love. Their love is blocked, which may come from family or the courtship of a third party. They accepted the help of their servants, but they made a mess, making things more and more troublesome and making a lot of jokes. Finally, they used strategies to break through the resistance and completed a beautiful love.

In the performance of impromptu comedy, some clips have been formatted, such as "lazzo" on the screen, which is the performance routine that the actors understand. This is an interesting episode and foreshadowing scene in the comedy plot, such as "worrying about pulling the wrong hat", "meeting the wrong one", "jealousy pulling the wrong one" and so on. For example, "Drag the Body by mistake": An actor comes on stage and tries to drag the body away after finding it. In the process of dragging, his sword fell to the ground. When he went to pick up his sword, he was kicked by the body and the body returned to its original place. He continued to pull, panting, but every time he was teased by the body, in vain.

Another feature of impromptu comedy is the stereotype of the characters in the play. For example, Pantalong, doctor, soldier and servant are often satirized in the play. Pantalong was a merchant in Venice. He is greedy for money, lustful and conceited, but in fact he is extremely stupid and often plays tricks on smart people. He was wearing a red tight vest, red breeches and stockings, a black cloak and hat, and a few locks of hair hung down from his forehead. The mask on his face is brown and he has a huge aquiline nose. People attacked him as a representative of the bourgeoisie.

In the masked comedy, Dr. Pulsinlo and Dr. Pantalong are doctors of law in the university town, full of inexplicable Latin, eccentric and self-righteous, showing stale pedantry. He often shows off his book knowledge in reality, but he uses it in the wrong place every time. He is a jealous husband and is often cuckolded. He wore a bachelor's uniform, black trousers and socks, revealing a white collar and white cuffs, and a semi-black mask on his face. People laughed at him as a lonely scholar attached to the church.

The soldier's identity is a victorious main soldier. He is arrogant and often gives himself some bluff names: for example, Spezaferro, which means to cut off weapons; Spafanto da Val Ying Fernow means as terrible as hell; Matamoros, which means to kill Moore, etc. Often amused by comedians, stumbling to show that although he is as strong as an ox, he is actually as timid as a mouse and vulnerable. He is a wishful pursuer, but he is often teased by women. He wears a crooked nose mask and a beard, and his clothes will change a little, but he must have a long sword hanging around his waist. People think he is a Spanish aggressor or an Italian militant, so they despise him.

The fixed servant role in impromptu comedy can be roughly divided into two kinds: one is smart and the other is stupid, and both of them often appear in the same play, contrasting and amusing each other. They are dressed in gorgeous clothes. They are clowns.

Khaldin in Masked Comedy In impromptu comedies, the names of other characters are basically fixed, except the names of the characters who play lovers and lovers will change. An actor only plays a fixed role in his life, and it is almost impossible to play other roles (unless the person who plays a young lover has to play a funny role when he is old). This makes the actor and the role become one, and even makes the actor give up his real name and become known to the world by the name of the role.

An impromptu comedy troupe generally includes the following roles: one or two lovers, a maid, a soldier, two footmen, Pantalong and a doctor, with a total of only 10- 12 people. They carry simple scenery and props, and sometimes even their own simple stage. They travel around the town, perform on tour and even perform some wonderful performances. Actors often change jobs according to the management of the troupe, so the members of each troupe often change. At that time, the famous impromptu comedy performance groups were "envy", "bosom friend", "unity" and "loyalty" In its heyday, Italian impromptu comedians traveled all over Europe.